Horror of Brookside Close
For new British film Salvage, horror is a four letter word: soap. Yes, seven years after we thought we'd seen the last of Scouse drama Brookside, it returns this week as the Close makes an appearance as the location of a film where the actors murder more than just their lines.
Set on Christmas Eve, as Jodie (Linzey Crocker) returns to Liverpool to visit her mother, Beth (Neve McIntosh), the spirit of goodwill is soon forgotten as the pair argue with each other, get split up and are then kept apart by a troop of armed soldiers.
No, they're not trying to stop Jimmy Corkhill's latest scam, but are on the hunt for a piece of missing cargo washed up on a nearby beach, a cargo which appears to have a mind of its own as more and more dead bodies are discovered in the neighbourhood...
Seeing the set of Brookside overtaken by the military is one thing, but watching a single mum trying to save her daughter while fending off a one-night stand and a marauding foe who makes Harry Cross look friendly is another matter.
The film tries hard to raise tension with some interesting camera angles and a mildly diverting plot, but the conclusion is muddled and there more plot holes than in a typical Brookie script. Salvage will be showing at the Cameo, and is out on DVD, on Monday.
I've now started wondering what TV/film crossover could be next after Salvage. Will Albert Square be the setting for the next Steven Spielberg blockbuster, Indiana Jones searching for ancient relics in the Queen Vic (and I don't mean Dot Cotton or Peggy Mitchell)?
Perhaps the set of River City will used by a French film director wanting to make a four hour, subtitled, experimental documentary on Dadaism? It might sound niche, but it'll almost certainly get more viewers than the average episode of Scotland's only soap.
Finally I want to give a plug for Shutter Island, which I went to see over the weekend. Director Martin Scorsese is having a bit of fun here, using every visual trick up his sleeve to draw the audience into his world of mystery, drama and 1950s paranoia.
Ben Kingsley and Leonardo DiCaprio are on top form and I'd highly recommend catching a boat to Shutter Island over the next few days.
Set on Christmas Eve, as Jodie (Linzey Crocker) returns to Liverpool to visit her mother, Beth (Neve McIntosh), the spirit of goodwill is soon forgotten as the pair argue with each other, get split up and are then kept apart by a troop of armed soldiers.
No, they're not trying to stop Jimmy Corkhill's latest scam, but are on the hunt for a piece of missing cargo washed up on a nearby beach, a cargo which appears to have a mind of its own as more and more dead bodies are discovered in the neighbourhood...
Seeing the set of Brookside overtaken by the military is one thing, but watching a single mum trying to save her daughter while fending off a one-night stand and a marauding foe who makes Harry Cross look friendly is another matter.
The film tries hard to raise tension with some interesting camera angles and a mildly diverting plot, but the conclusion is muddled and there more plot holes than in a typical Brookie script. Salvage will be showing at the Cameo, and is out on DVD, on Monday.
I've now started wondering what TV/film crossover could be next after Salvage. Will Albert Square be the setting for the next Steven Spielberg blockbuster, Indiana Jones searching for ancient relics in the Queen Vic (and I don't mean Dot Cotton or Peggy Mitchell)?
Perhaps the set of River City will used by a French film director wanting to make a four hour, subtitled, experimental documentary on Dadaism? It might sound niche, but it'll almost certainly get more viewers than the average episode of Scotland's only soap.
Finally I want to give a plug for Shutter Island, which I went to see over the weekend. Director Martin Scorsese is having a bit of fun here, using every visual trick up his sleeve to draw the audience into his world of mystery, drama and 1950s paranoia.
Ben Kingsley and Leonardo DiCaprio are on top form and I'd highly recommend catching a boat to Shutter Island over the next few days.
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