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Screenwriter Sam (Andrew Lee Potts) has a deadline to keep, and it's getting close ... when he notices he has lost his wallet and keys to his plays when stepping out for a spell, and when he finally finds a way to get into his house, he finds the latest draft of his script was removed from his computer - but she also finds a bottle of wine on his kitchen counter that he certainly hasn't put there himself as a make-up present. Now Sam has always had a soft spot for drinking, so he empties the bottle, knocking himself out on the bad news. The next day though, he*s locked out of his own laptop but finds the list with all his passwords he has always kept in his lost wallet atop the computer. In frustration, he stops by the pub for some daytime drinking, but finds he's fresh out of cash let alone cards (all in his wallet), and the landlord (Johnny Vivash) isn't willing to give him credit - but enter Mara (Beatrice Fletcher), an attractive yet mysterious stranger, who buys him a couple of drinks, just to do a good deed as she claims - but she, when they start to talk, is quick to get under his skin - but before things get too weird, she has to leave in a hurry. When Sam returns home, he finds someone has returned his wallet - and almost catches an intruder ...

The next day, Sam, now able to buy his own drinks again, returns to the pub and runs into Mara once more, who's more than happy to pick up where they've left off, but this time in shape of a drinking game, "never have I ever" - and Sam's all in, after all he likes the booze, and as mysterious as Mara might be, she's also quite a looker. Thing is, during their game Mara lets on she knows more about Sam, including the story about the death of his wife (Amber Doig-Thorne) than he'd like, and she might also have her hands in some of the things that have happened to him lately ...

Now this is a film that easily could have felt over-constructed, as much of its plot relies on a specific sequence of events that on paper sounds a little forced. However, the script for this movie is really well built up and uses this sequence as mere cornerstone of the things unfolding, making the film much more of a dark character piece than a gimmick movie in the process, And the fact that both leads give really strong performances and are supported by a directorial effort focussed on suspense drawn from their interplay rather than anything else only helps make this one really cool genre entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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