| Four | |
| Director: | John Langridge |
| Producer: | Craig Conway |
| Music: | Raiomond Mirza |
| Cinematography: | Adrian Brown |
| Editing: | John Langridge Ben King |
| Studio: | Oh My! Productions Ltd |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | £500,000 |
Four is a British independent film directed by John Langridge and released in 2011.
A jealous husband hires a movie-obsessed detective to kidnap his wife's lover and bring him to a derelict factory to administer some 'rough justice.' Once there, the husband discovers the detective has a revelation of his own. He has kidnapped the husband's wife as well.[1]
Total Film's Paul Bradshaw wrote, "With just four actors, a single setting and more twists than a bag full of pretzels, John Langridge’s grimy lo-fi debut is almost smart, taut and nasty enough to bid for the Tarantino comparisons he’s obviously after."[2] The Evening Standards Derek Malcolm found the film "over-ambitious", starting "as an offbeat thriller with pseudo-Pinterish dialogue" and ending up "much like a horror movie."[3]
Writing in The Guardian Mark Kermode praised the film, acknowledging that "John Langridge's tortuously twisted warehouse-bound tale of a cuckolded husband seeking vengeance on his wife's lover does at least attempt to get the very most out of very little",[4] while The Independent wrote that the script "meditates on male insecurity and possessiveness", but that "the attempt at menace unwisely borrows quotations from Hollywood movies, [a fact] that make [the movie] sound rather wannabe in consequence.”[5]
Time Outs Tom Huddleston wrote that "the cast make the best" of a script that is "as uninspired as the plot, all muttered threats, cockernee slang and an initially amusing, increasingly wearying overuse of the F-word."[6]