THE CRIMINAL

Year: 2000
UK: Downtown Pictures
Cast: Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Izzard, Natalie Little, Bernard Hill, Holly Aird, Yvan Attal, Jana Carpenter, Barry Stearn, Norman Lovett, Lisa Jacobs, Georgia Mackenzie, Daniel Brocklebank, Andrew Tiernan, Justin Shevlin
Director: Julian Simpson
Country: UK
UK: 99 mins
UK Certificate: 15 for coarse language, horror, violence and drugs
UK Release Date: 12 January 2001

Synopsis

From writer/director Julian Simpson comes THE CRIMINAL, a modern film noir, where Jasper Rawlins (Steven Mackintosh) meets a blonde girl called Sarah Maitland (Natasha Little) in a bar. They seduce each other but Sarah mysteriously ends up dead in his apartment.

This conveniently makes Jasper the suspect in the murder case, in the eyes of the police, the bullying Detective-Inspector Walker (Bernard Hill) and his colleague Detective-Sgt Rebecca White (Holly Aird).

But Jasper finds his life spiralling out of control, framed for Sarah's murder and being pursued not only by the police but other assassins.