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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2017

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017

Night Moves

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7 films · 4 reviews

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Bad Kids Of Crestview Academy

Review preview for Bad Kids Of Crestview Academy

It has good moments - some of which are so blatant as to seem traced - but even for a sequel this feels like it is treading ground that's so well travelled that genre features are named landmarks.

Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
A group of detained teenagers get caught up in a series of killings.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Ben Browder; Writer: Barry Wernick, James R. Hallam, Barry Wernick, Barry Wernick; Stars: Sammi Hanratty, Colby Arps, Sophia Taylor Ali, Erika Daly, Matthew Frias, Ben Browder, Sufe Bradshaw, Ashlyn McEvers, Ali Astin, Sean Astin, Drake Bell, Gina Gershon, Cameron Deane Stewart, Scott Edward Logan, Susana Gibb)

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International premiere

The Dark Mile

Review preview for The Dark Mile

Watchable, even occasionally thrilling, but The Dark Mile does not shine.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Two woman book a sailing trip after a personal tragedy... but trouble lurks on the loch.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Gary Love; Writer: Gaby Hull; Stars: Finlay MacMillan, Deirdre Mullins, Sheila Hancock, Rebecca Calder, Paul Brannigan, Marcia Rose, Harmony Rose Bremner, Elaine M. Ellis)

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World premiere

Double Date

Review preview for Double Date

You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
An innocent out to prove his manhood meets a pair of femmes fatales.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Benjamin Barfoot; Writer: Danny Morgan; Stars: Danny Morgan, Georgia Groome, Michael Socha, Kelly Wenham, Dougie Poynter, Brooke Norbury, Lee Shone, Benny Bereal, Liz Kingsman, Elena Valdameri, Lewis Holloway, Kelly Wells, Sarah Carmen, Kerrieanne Booker, Charley Clark)

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World premiere

The Guardians (Zashchitniki)

Soviet superheroes take on a mad scientist in charge of an army of drones.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2017; Director: Sarik Andreasyan; Writer: Andrey Gavrilov; Stars: Anton Pampushnyy, Sanjar Madi, Sebastien Sisak, Alina Lanina, Stanislav Shirin, Valeriya Shkirando, Vyacheslav Razbegaev, Nikolay Shestak, Anna Kravtsova, Mila Maksimova, Marusya Klimova, Vladimir Butenko, Yuliya Titarenko, Evgeniy Venediktov, Aleksandr Semyonov)

UK premiere

Killing Ground

Review preview for Killing Ground

What Power does differently is to deny us the usual sources of comfort.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A young couple camping in the woods find an abandoned tent and then a lost toddler.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2016; Director: Damien Power; Writer: Damien Power; Stars: Harriet Dyer, Aaron Pedersen, Stephen Hunter, Tiarnie Coupland, Ian Meadows, Maya Stange, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Aaron Glenane, Julian Garner, Tara Jade Borg, Michael Knott, Mark Gadaleta, Jackie Dettmer, Matthew Dettmer, Liam Parkes)

Full review See: Interview with Damien Power about Killing Ground

UK premiere

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (Mogura no uta: Hong Kong kyôsô-kyoku )

An undercover cop heads on a crazy adventure involving a Yakuza boss and his daughter.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Takashi Miike; Writer: Noboru Takahashi, Kankurô Kudô; Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Eita, Tsubasa Honda, Nanao, Arata Furuta, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Ken'ichi Endô, Riisa Naka, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Yûsuke Kamiji, Allan Cook, Kôichi Iwaki, Sarutoki Minagawa)

European premiere

Vampire Cleanup Department (Gao geung jing dou fu)

A secret vampire-busting team tackles the living dead in Hong Kong.

(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2017; Director: Sin-Hang Chiu, Pak-Wing Yan; Stars: Siu-Ho Chin, Hok-chi Chiu, Babyjohn Choi, Min Chen Lin, Meng Lo, Richard Ng, Susan Yam-Yam Shaw, Cheung-Yan Yuen)

UK premiere