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Surge

2020 · 100 min

A jittery, nerve-shredding plunge into one man's unraveling, all restless motion and raw sensory overload that leaves you wired and uneasy.

Directed by
Aneil Karia
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder
Overview
A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately experiencing what it feels like to be alive.

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Directed by
Aneil Karia
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • isolation
  • freedom
  • identity
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
thriller
Directed by
Aneil Karia
Written by
Rupert Jones, Rita Kalnejais
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson, Dan Renton Skinner, Laurence Spellman, Chris Coghill, Hammed Animashaun
Music
Tujiko Noriko
Cinematography
Stuart Bentley
Runtime
100 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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