Hush

Warp Films are making a name for themselves backing edgy projects and first time talents. But they’re going to have to do better than Hush if they really want to make a difference. When his girlfriend Beth (Christine Bottomley) is snatched by a hooded truck driver at a service station, it’s up to Zakes (Will Ash) to man up and save the day. It’s an intriguing premise that touches on personal responsibility and the menace of ordinary locations, but Tonderai is unable to see it through. His fussy direction is distracting, but then perhaps he realised that in Will Ash he didn’t have a leading man capable of carrying the film on talent alone. Worse, Hush offends various rules of logic under the guise of ‘suspending disbelief’, a weakness that undermines its impressive nasty streak and a great twist at the half-way point. In a crowded genre, it simply has nothing new to offer.

Matt Bochenski