Freeze Frame (2004)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

John Simpson

Writer:

John Simpson (written by)

Release Date:

10 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Off-Camera is Off-Guard

Plot:

Ten years ago, after being accused of a hideous murder of a mother and her twin daughters, Sean Veil became paranoid...

Plot Keywords:

Videotape | Alibi | Archive | Author | Bar Scene

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Lee Evans	...	Sean Veil
Sean McGinley	...	Detective Louis Emeric
Ian McNeice	...	Forensic Profiler Saul Seger
Colin Salmon	...	Detective Mountjoy
Rachael Stirling	...	Katie Carter
Rachel O'Riordan	...	Mary Shaw
Andrew Wilson	...	Covert Cameraman
Andrea Grimason	...	Susan Jasper
Martin McSharry	...	Sam Jasper
Gabriella Henriette	...	Moira Jasper
Emily Anthony	...	Maggie Jasper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hawk Younkins	...	Carter

Also Known As:

Straight to Video (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

UK | Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | USA:R | UK:15 | Ireland:18

Filming Locations:

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Company:

Green Park Films

Trivia:

Lee Evans actually shaved his head and eyebrows for the film, despite being warned that his eyebrows may not grow back again.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the reconstruction video, the mother lights five candles on a birthday cake. As she lifts the cake, one of the candles goes out, but in the next shot, the candle has been re-lit.

Quotes:

Detective Mountjoy: You seem kind of relaxed, if you don't mind me saying. For a man who's about to spend the next 30 years sucking unwashed dick.
Sean Veil: You seem kinda jealous, if you don't mind me saying.

Chillingly Superb

To most people Lee Evans is the goofy comic off the telly, but this film shows that there is more to Mr Evans than meets the eye.

He gives a superbly chilling performance as Sean Veil an acquitted murder suspect who films himself 24 hours a day every day, (the opening sequence shows him being woken by an alarm as he struggles to put a new tape in the camera). He's being chased by a police psychologist, two cops and an investigative reporter who all seem to have dark little secrets of their own.

The film comes to a dramatic and violent conclusion, so take someone with you it your easily scared.

An excellent British thriller.