Overview
- Critics, publishing Wednesday, describe a tense, tightly wound thriller that relies on big, sometimes implausible twists.
- The story hinges on a newly discovered World War II bomb in central London that prompts an evacuation and creates cover for a bank robbery, a setup rooted in a real hazard that still turns up in the city.
- Reviewers credit David Mackenzie with brisk pacing, crisp cross-cutting between bomb disposal and the heist, and pointed shifts between silence and sharp sound cues.
- Performances draw notice, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s bomb expert singled out, Theo James and Sam Worthington fueling the robbery thread, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw cited as underused in a police role.
- Roadside Attractions and Saban are releasing the film in theaters in what one outlet calls a modest rollout that could limit immediate reach despite prior festival exposure at TIFF.