Project Detail

Fatigue

Synopsis

Fatigue is a fast-paced, dark, surreal action thriller set in a seedy underworld of guns and gangsters.

The story follows a small-time loser Mitchell Willow, a chronic alcoholic whose girlfriend, Rachel, has left him. In desperation, Mitchell takes a delivery job for local hard man Eddie Heaver. During his deliveries, curiosity gets the better of Willow and he opens one of Heaver's packages and to his horror discovers a severed thumb. He now realises it's time to get out, but there's one last delivery to make.

Heaver has ideas of his own, and plans to double-cross underworld figurehead Mr Wernside and set Mitchell up to take the fall. Mitchell and Eddie have to meet Wernside's psychotic right-hand man, Traven. The drop goes horribly wrong and descends into a fierce shoot-out. Mitchell ends up with a bag of diamonds, a gun and the mob hot on his heels. There's only one person he can turn to - Rachel. Can the two of them escape Wernside's heavies, keep the diamonds and start a new life together?

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Features
Running time
89 mins
Format
Digi Beta
Director
Michael Barnes
Producer
Chris Dawson
Executive Producer
Chris Dawson
Editor
Michael Barnes
Screenwriter
Michael Barnes, Mark Faiers
Director of Photography
Michael Barnes
Sound
Chris Dawson, Mark Faiers
Composer
Chris Dawson, Mark Faiers
Principal cast
Mark Faiers, Chris Dawson, Sophie Coryndon, Simon Spree

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Production Status

Production Company

Fatigue Films

www.fatiguefilms.co.uk

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