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A knot in the stomach type of watch for sure. I happily (if happily is the right word for it) watched it all the way through. Edge of my seat at times. The thing that spoiled it, was that it was really frustrating (perhaps deliberately?) to watch.

Harri was repeatedly calling 999 right up to the point when he actually needed to ring it. The police would be there in minutes (I know it was a secluded house, but not in outer Mongolia). Then his neighbour says we'll have a nice cuppa tea then drive to the police station, rather than call 999? And obviously Harri agrees to this bizarre plan. Then his attacker wanders away from Harri allowing him to run away and climb to the safety of the tree house, so he can get a slightly more suitable weapon? You need a great deal of suspension of disbelief for this one folks.

Director Philip Barantini is known for the British TV show Boiling Point. Here, he's made one of the best Tubi originals I've seen, a tense thriller that feels like it could be happening right now.

Harri (Chaneil Kular) leaves London to dog-sit the family dog Flynn when his parents go on vacation. He doesn't pay attention to much -- he's an animator so he devotes his mind to one thing at a time -- and is shocked when a friend calls to tell him he nearly missed a bombed on the tube. When a camera image of the suspect who set the bomb goes viral, even Harri's girlfriend jokes that it looks like him. Even worse, an old school friend posts a message that she feels proves that Harri is the terrorist.

This is how easily this happens. Harri isn't a foreigner. He's lived in London his whole life. He just looks different.

And it gets worse.

Harry is a British citizen of South Asian descent, but he's brown. To anyone watching him -- even neighbors of his parents who have known him his whole life -- he's the other, an enemy, someone to fear. The tension builds as every message Harri reads paints him as a criminal. Even calls to the police and visits to a kindly old lady next door become nightmarish mirror sides of real life. Then the vigilantes come for him and invade his parent's home.

Writers Barnaby Boulton and James Cummings have crafted a fable of how far paranoia and the bubble of doing your own research and "I'm just saying, but..." can go when pointed at a target. Kular is really great in this, an everyman faced with a night of terror that not every man would have to live through.

I don't normally shout at my TV when watching a film but, man, this film had me in hypertension. So frustrating. Why didn't he call for the police as soon as he knew they were at his home!? Why didn't he go upstairs WITH HIS dog and lock themselves in the bathroom and call 999 as soon as he saw them spray painting the security cameras!? Can't believe he let his dog get killed. I would die for my dog. Why didn't he get his dog and go out in one of the two cars on his drive once he knew they were coming for him!? Playing hide and seek with two deranged murdering morons in your home isn't fun. So many flaws. I guess if he did anything logical like what I've suggested the film would've been half as long. So they needed to do the whole cat and mouse thing. But don't watch it before bed especially if you love dogs. Because you'll be be running on pure cortisol with a headache. Ending up on the roof slipping into the convenient swimming pool and running through the woods and ending up at his neighbours..... And sitting down and explaining the situation to her INSTEAD OF CALLING THE POLICE.... I can't take anymore. It's so drawn out and ridiculous. They literally have a cup of tea. Then the MSM announce it's him on the radio... By name... Which would never happen. Then she rats him out by flashing lights.... Then a bit more frustrating cat and mouse and the predicable ending ensues. Yawn.... All I can think about through it all is that his poor dog got needlessly killed. And the fact he still hasn't called THE F police... SMH.

KMT.

FFS.

I thought much of this film was really well done. An horrific event followed by internet sleuths coming to the wrong conclusion before vigilantes come to the fore.

Here's the thing though: the bombing would be a massive investigation run by a big taskforce. The cops would be well aware of Harri being identified online as a suspect and would be wanting to speak with him as soon as possible, even if they had ruled him out and just needed to ensure his safety.

He calls 999 twice but not when there are actual intruders in his house? And he had ample time to do so before they actually got inside.

Other than that though, I enjoyed it. Pretty good effort.

I know, I know, it's "just a film", but for a film to be immersive it needs to feel like real life. This film was really tense and exciting, and I enjoyed it, but as it went on it got increasingly frustrating to watch - so many parts that just would never happen;

• The TV news showing pictures of him as a suspect just because of Twitter without a shred of evidence or any police statements.

• the lack of calling the police again when seeing attackers at the property.

• trying to escape in a car.

• one of the attackers breaking into a locked house without making a sound.

• the neighbour turning him in to weapon wielding attackers at the end...it all gets a bit ridiculous...

It's always the way with horror tension films, but I wish they'd have kept the script more realistic, although it does of course make it exciting.

This film is hard to explain. I enjoyed watching but it was slow, it took over half of the film before anything interesting happened. But i'm also pleased i watched it. Some elements are hard to believe, for example the media sharing Harri's name and the reaction of the police when Harri first calls. For some reason i really wanted to keep watching to find out what would happen although it ended up being something pretty easy to predict. Was easy to root for Harri without giving much reason to feel emotionally invested in him. Good concept but could have been so much better, feels like it was rushed or written by a 15 year old. I still enjoyed it, and shout out to Harri's actor who done a good job of it.

Started off great. But then he did everything opposite of what someone would do to prove innocence. Didn't keep calling the police when he actually WAS in immediate danger. If it was blown out of proportion online, didn't the police already pick up on this? 999 didn't even take his name seriously when he called, even-though thats the only name people were talking about? They didn't try to get to his location?

Even at the end, why didn't he drive away when he got in the car instead of sitting there with door unlocked and taking big breaths for 5 mins. Just drive!

Frustrating. Makes you shout at the character, and think... yeah, he deserves to die for being an idiot.

Stupidly after stupidity!

An unnecessary tense movie.

Spoilers.

The acting is good I think, but some of the writing was poor. No one in the wide world of the media would run with a story of a guy being a terrorist on the say so of an old classmate. Add to that the police not recognising his name and coming straight over it made for a bizarre watch at times.

There were lots of cliches and things you'd seen a million times before as the Muslim / terrorist story was explored once again. It seems like an easy screenplay to make. Just add a bombing, a Muslim or two and then an angry mob on social media.

However, it was tense and well acted plus you were rooting for the lead guy.

Where his parents ended up - who knows. You'd think they'd have been right back home immediately.

Good to see Frances Tomelty is still working.

I'm staggered by how bad this film was, the initial premise was interesting even if it's been done before (felt very much like Hated In The Nation from Black Mirror), but it had potential as it began. Instead the protagonist was an absolute moron, making idiotic mistakes over and over again, and the two men hunting him were up there with Predator for how good they were at stalking. How did they get in the house, silently kill the dog, and then teleport back outside again? Why are the kind of men to turn up to lynch someone also SAS level at stealth and reconnaissance? How did a film portraying an innocent victim of a social media mob make me despise him so much that I actually wanted him to die because of all his idiotic choices? The answer to all is bad writing - don't waste your time.

Philip Barantini directed the powerful 'one take' film 'Boiling Point' with the equally powerful Stephen Graham. The film was highly praised by both Laura and I. Here the workplace, where tension and strife lie, isn't a kitchen but a grand big country home ripe for a game of cat and mouse between an innocent young Pakistani man and two moronic, easily led thugs wanting revenge for a bombing in London that they believe were caused by this young man.

It's a well directed, super palm sweating experience that places Barantini as a craftsman of paranoia, stress and anxiety. He knows how to use the camera and add just the right amount of music to create this mood.

Actor Chaneli Kular brings sensitivity and the right amount of bewildering expressions as the horrors unfold in front of him.

Social media, rightly, doesn't come out well, it's mean, incorrect and nasty, forcing gullible people to act unforgivably.

Pretty frustrating execution of what had the potential to be a really good film.

The set up was really interesting, really tense build but as soon as the police started ignoring him it got a bit ridiculous.

If he's the main name in the news and he's reported his own name to the police, why are they not bringing him in immediately?

As soon as he started getting house calls, he must know they know where he lives so why's he not getting on the road and calling the police again?

Numerous times, he could have stayed put and the attackers wouldn't have been able to get to him given he had his own weapons and of course the second guy fell through the flooring...

Shame as the lead actor was pretty believable throughout.

I robbed someone else's heading because it was perfect in my opinion. It was like a Halloween movie where you are like don't go in there. Spoiler alert, they ransacked his apartment so hiding in your parents house wasn't exactly wise. 3 cars outside, DRIVE AWAY IN ONE! He was a sitting duck in that house, in a car there would be a million different places he could be. Ridiculous! How many people would stay there? Just seemed so unrealistic and also when you suspect people could be coming to you keep all the curtains open so they could see you whilst you sit downstairs for the night. Also, lets just go outside looking for attackers with the dog. So many holes which made me angry! Sorry for the negativity but he literally made everything worse with his movements!