“I’m not really sure what it’s about,” – Sam Riley on “Franklyn.”
“It’s such a crazy movie, you can’t really summarize it, but it’s mad.” Eva Green on “Franklyn.”
Writer-director Gerald McMorrow’s sci-fi thriller “Franklyn,” has been recently release in the U.K. but still has failed to find a U.S. distributor. Perhaps it’s because no one seems to know what the confounding film, dubbed the “British Bladerunner,” is actually about (not even the cast and crew seem to agree what it’s about). Here’s what we said in one of of our 2009 Most Anticipated Film pieces.
Synopsis: In a future where it’s illegal to be an atheist, a masked vigilante patrols the rooftops, while in modern day London, an art student begins seeing horrific visions that inform her suicidal artwork.
What You Need To Know: This multi-strand dystopian drama taking place in two alternate timelines has been getting attention for its unusual dramatic structure, which many have been careful not to reveal. Apparently, the future society that the masked vigilante (Ryan Phillippe) is a part of is only a small part of the story, yet it’s placed front and center in the minimal promo material for the film, which details a story involving the art student (Eva Green), her ex-lover (Sam Riley), and a man looking for his lost son in the London underground (Bernard Hill). Word is mixed, but it sounds odd enough to be slightly intriguing and the trailer .
We’ve found a two video pieces online that might help clear things up a little.
PS, if you’re in the U.K. and you’ve seen the film, feel free to send us your in your review. We believe it comes out very soon if it’s not already out across the pond.
