Four (2011)

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This is an interesting movie that could also be a 4 man (3 men, 1 woman) play. A businessman (Craig Conway) hires a detective (Sean Pertwee) to kidnap his wife's lover (Martin Compston) and bring him to the proverbial warehouse so he can rough him up.He also kidnaps his wife (Kierston Wareing) for good measure. The movie then takes a number of twists as the four interact. Who is really in charge?Good acting. Good dialogue.Parental Guide: F-bomb, no sex or nudity. Sex talk. C-word.

FOUR is a film that's far too low budget to work properly. The entire movie literally consists of four actors in a grungy old warehouse, with no lighting and seemingly no script given the constant, expletive-laden, and repetitive nature of the dialogue.The best thing about this film is a monologue by guest star Sean Pertwee early on, when he talks about other, better films like RESERVOIR DOGS which was a clear inspiration. After that we get the usual guy-strapped-to-a-chair nonsense, with lots of brutality and slight veers into torture porn territory.Sadly the direction is absolutely pedestrian, the script brings nothing new to the table, and acting from the likes of Martin Compston and Craig Conway isn't enough to tune in for. For a much better version of a similar story, check out the American B-flick SUSHI GIRL.

I watched this late as I could not sleep. Yes it did have a little Chuckle Brother humour - but it did lighten it up. I knew it was not going to be too serious the way Sean Pertwee was knocking the crap out of the kidnapped man and the man was able to respond in a tone which you would use to order a pizza - although he did get better. The premise was a good one but the film could have been different and a lot darker, but for light entertainment it was good.Sean is always a pleasure to watch and the Welsh lead was a bit wishy washy however the female character was brilliant. She certainly took control of the situation - which the viewer could see from a distance.Worth a watch but don't expect social or ethical undertones.

Oh it's one of those twisty turny thrillers where the husband kidnaps his wife's boyfriend, scares him a little then Sean Pertwee tells the husband that he should tell his wife, but then, Surprise! hes already kidnapped his wife and shes in the other room.But, it's not his wife, and it turns out to be, Surprise! Pertwees wife and she is sleeping with the bloke in the other room, so their is really no need for the husband to be there in the first place type movie.With a little sub plot involving a serial killer.It sound tosh, complete tosh, and for the most part it is, but thanks to Pertwee, the film is at least watchable. and it never out stays its welcome, thanks to the bonkers plot, and the ridiculous twists it keeps sending us.My only problem is with he guy who plays 'Husband'. he gets really annoying very quickly and on several occasions I was willing Pertwees character to give him a smack.So the film is nothing new, and offers nothing revelatory, but it's short, entertaining in all the wrong ways, and like I said, Pertwee is great, if you like Pertwee.