Replete with succulent dark humour, the unorthodox road movie features a seemingly quite normal couple visiting some of Britain’s most bizarre tourist destinations, leaving behind a trail of blood and countless bodies.
Living with a possessive and control freak mother, Tina’s life resembles prison sentence. Thus, Chris decides to take his new love to freedom, on a journey to some of his favourite sights, in his beloved caravan. Very much in love and full of hope for a brighter future, they undertake a journey that takes them from the tramway museum to the pencil museum and so forth. But it doesn't take long for the dream to fade: litterbugs and noisy teenagers, not to mention Tina's meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter their dreams. In a foul mood, Chris is soon sent over a jagged edge, but Tina decides to stand by her man.
»It's a dark comedy with a hint of realism. After the sombre Kill List I wanted to lift my spirits and didn't want to shoot another horror or crime film.«
- Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley
Born in 1972, Billericay, UK. Initially a short and TV-show filmmaker, Wheatley has won multiple international awards for his commercials. For his debut feature, Down Terrace (2010), the filmmaker earned “Newcomer of the Year” honours as well as several festival awards, His second feature, Kill List (2011), also a festival favourite, again takes a non-traditional approach to the genre.