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Victims

Synopsis

As a camera rolls the van doors burst open. A man is bundled into the van by the balaclava clad kidnappers and handcuffed to the floor. As they drive, the man is questioned about his past and accused of a crime he maintains he did not commit. In real time the drama unfolds, documented by the kidnappers as truth is revealed and the lines blur between the hijacker and victim... What are the kidnappers motives, where are they taking him and what is the truth? Victims is a taught realistic drama played out in one long take on the kidnappers camcorder as we watch a kidnap scenario played out to its ultimate conclusion ...
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Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Format
HD
Director
David Bryant
Producer
David Bryant
Co-Producer
Leighton Wise
Editor
David Bryant
Screenwriter
David Bryant
Director of Photography
Leighton Wise
Sound
Paul Maunder
Composer
Adam Langston
Principal cast
John Bocelli, Sarah Coyle, Andy Cresswell, Nina Millns, Sharon Lawrence, Bradley Cole

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Menan Films

www.menanfilms.com

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