Riz Ahmed is the man of the moment. The actors seems to be everywhere right now, popping up in blockbusters (“Jason Bourne,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story“), TV shows (“The OA,” the upcoming final season of “Girls“), and acclaimed limited series (“The Night Of“). He’s also knocking about in indie projects, too, and his latest, “City Of Tiny Lights,” is headed to the big screen.
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Directed by Pete Travis (“Dredd,” “Vantage Point“), the noir-ish story follows a private eye who gets pulled into a mystery when an escort comes knocking at his door. It sounds like fun throwback material, and ordinarily we’d watch Ahmed in anything, but this movie is pretty terrible, so you’ve been warned. Here’s the official synopsis:
Meet Tommy Akhtar (Riz Ahmed), cricket fan, devoted son to an ailing father and deadbeat private eye. He’s got an office above a cab firm, a taste for cigarettes and bourbon, and a finely tuned moral compass that he keeps hidden behind a sharp cynicism. When Tommy walks into his office one morning to find high-class prostitute Melody seeking his help, he’s launched into a story that plays as an utterly original modern noir.
“City Of Tiny Lights” opens in the U.K. on April 7th, but there’s no U.S. distributor for the picture yet.