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Fixer
UK 2021
produced by Jackson Batchelor, Phil Lyndon, Sam Mason-Bell, Tony Newton for Murlyn Films International, Trash Arts
directed by Sam Mason-Bell
starring Chris Mills, Patrick Olliver, Phil Lyndon, Kevin Cordell, Catherine Olliver, Francesca Fraser, Martin W. Payne, Steven Longhurst, Ross Alan Doney, Ryan Carter, Connor Mellish, Simon Berry, Sam Mason-Bell, Jackson Batchelor, Ashleigh Swain, Veronique Devine, Ed Jonas, Omar Mahmood Lagares, June Bunday, Nikki Megan
written by Phil Lyndon, music by Ben Farrant
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Thomas Chalk MP (Patrick Olliver) will stop at nothing to keep his job
after the next election. Sure, officially he, member of the conservative
nationalist party, stands for law and order and family values, but right
under the surface, he proves to be crooked as can be, relying on a fixer
(Phil Lyndon) to dig up dirt on his rivals, if not applicable create dirt,
and also use brute force whenever needed. There's really only one thing
that might stand in the way of his re-election, and that's his own son
Adam (Chris Mills), who has the habit of partying all night and getting
into compromising situations - so Chalk has the idea to ask the fixer to
take him under his wing as trainee of course, figuring the fixer's methods
will scare Adam into submission. So Adam watches the fixer go after one
opponent after the next, from political leaders to simple hooligans who
might endanger Chalk's campaign, and his coup de grace sure is when he has
one hooligan leader (Ryan Carter) beaten up together with the son (Connor
Mellish) of his liberal rival Fiona Raven (Catherine Olliver), who
promptly withdraws from the race. But with all the chaos that Chalk and
his fixer create, problems are bound to arive eventually ... A
very poignant political satire that at times feels almost too close to the
truth to be comfortable - but that said, this is not a film that preaches
but one that still manages to tell a story with a proper arc, relatable
(if despicable) characters, and a fittingly mean-spirited sense of humour.
And a strong ensemble cast and a subtle enough direction giving everything
enough space to unfold without resorting to sensationalism make this a
very cool movie.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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