Deviation (2012)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

A Masterpiece!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I enjoyed this film, because Danny Dyer is a superb actor and played the psycho Frankie really well that I could see that he was a troubled person with inner demons.The actress in the lead was also good and the two played off each other well. Frankie escapes from prison and hijacks the girls car and threatens her with his razor and ties her up by one wrist with some plastic bind, then off he drives with her telling her hes going to Kent to an airfield to get a plane to fly off.On their route they come across people who get in Frankie's way and he kills them including a fan of his who follows them and hits a policeman who is questioning Frankie and for his help Frankie cuts his throat! Frankie takes a shine to the girl and tells her of his life and his problems, at a petrol station while hes buying petrol the girl writes a help note and sticks it in a makeup purse and leaves it on the ground hoping someone will help her, but this bloke steals the money and dumps the purse down a grate.The girl does escape but Frankie gets her in the end and off they drive again until he wants to change the car and she stops a passer by and Frankie puts him in the boot of the old car and they steal this man's car, luckily for her she finds the man's mobile and rings her husband and tells him everything while Frankie's in a shop.Frankie of course finds out and is not pleased thinking she likes him so off they go again, she then has some pills for panic attacks and asks him for them and while pretending to swig it she spits it into the bottle and it dissolves then Frankie swigs it and starts to feel weird, he stops the car in the middle of nowhere and there's a chase and she tells him what shes done and that he has not got long to live thanks to these pills to which he feels worse and the ending is she stabs him with his razor and kills him.

I felt I had to review this movie to warn other Danny Dyer fans what to expect. Danny unfortunately has been given another cr***y role in yet another cr***y movie.He plays an unconvincing psychopath who has escaped from Broadmoor and taken hostage a female doctor. He kidnaps her in her car and so begins and loooong boring journey into the night with scenes of killing people,random wide eyed stares and crying over the bodies. The female lead is also pants and I could think of plenty of other brilliant British actresses who could have done a lot better job....it seems nobody probably wanted the role. I am a huge Danny Dyer fan but not since Dead Man Running has Danny kept me interested in his movie. He doesn't like to be typecast but after this tripe and Pimp I suggest you do stick with the hardman roles as you play them well.....either that or the comedy horrors such as Doghouse and Severance. Turned off after an hour ...

This isn't a movie full of blood with an out of control psycho. More of a psychological thriller. Very gripping and scary as psychopath Frankie (Danny Dyer) abducts nurse Amber (Anna Walton) in her car and she attempts to escape. Danny Dyer is brilliant as a love-starved man-child. Anna Walton's understated performance in the face of adversity is compelling. Great photography (very urban and gritty), great locations (London's underbelly is magnificent in a poetic way), subtle work from the director...The film had me on the edge of my seat. If you want a gory, OTT film, this is not the one for you. If you want a smart, psychological thriller, see it!!!

Just watched this - I was glad to see Danny in a more serious role than his usual cheeky 'gangster' parts and he acts very well in this film. He does pull off a great performance.There are some truly scary moments and I can imagine the cold reality of being in Anna's shoes as she struggles to reason and escape from her kidnapper.It's not until the very end of the film that you work out Anna's game in a great twist.The most terrifying scene takes place in a cupboard, I won't say anymore, but it will give me nightmares for sure !Compelling stuff. Highly recommended.