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  • Status: Released
  • 06-05-1999
  • Runtime: 69 min
  • Score: 7.2
  • Vote count: 1615

Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character.

Jeremy Theobald

The Young Man

Alex Haw

Cobb

Lucy Russell

The Blonde

John Nolan

The Policeman

Dick Bradsell

The Bald Guy

Gillian El-Kadi

Home Owner

Jennifer Angel

Waitress

Nicolas Carlotti

Barman

Darren Ormandy

Accountant

Guy Greenway

Heavy #1

Tassos Stevens

Heavy #2

Tristan Martin

Man at Bar

Rebecca James

Woman at Bar

Paul Mason

Home Owner's Friend

David Bovill

Home Owner's Husband

John Bengue

Ivan Cornell

Jane Hunter

Matthew Jones

David Julyan

David Lloyd

Alberto Mattiussi

Brendan Nolan

Barbara Stepansky

Emma Thomas

Diane Zack

r96sk

An impressive, given the budget et al., feature film debut from Mr. Nolan! Not that the aforementioned is a surprise, of course. Still, this is a great watch, no doubt about it for me. I particularly appreciated the score, which is very good. Jeremy Theobald and Alex Haw give strong performances, especially the latter; who kept reminding me of a young Kevin Durand. As you'd expect, this has many early hallmarks of Nolan's work - the obvious being the non-linear storytelling. I really like how the story is told here, the premise is intriguing and it ends up wrapping up nicely. The 70 minute run time, although not unwelcome, is shorter than I wanted, only because I happily would've watched this flick develop further. I still gotta tick off <em>'Memento'</em>, <em>'Insomnia'</em> and <em>'The Prestige'</em> to complete Christopher Nolan's filmography. <em>'Following'</em> is now logged and I'd recommend it. On the topic of this director's movies, I'd rank this higher than (the still very good) <em>'Dunkirk'</em>, <em>'The Dark Knight Rises'</em> and, narrowly, <em>'Tenet'</em>.