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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tom Fisher | ... | No / Tomas Katz | |
Ian McNeice | ... | The Inspector | |
Tony Maudsley | ... | Taxi driver | |
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William Keen | ... | Cuthbert (as Will Keen) |
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Andrew Melville | ... | Minister of fish |
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Matthew Causton | ... | Gallows Nelson |
Toby Jones | ... | Civil servant | |
Asif Kapadia | ... | Gwupigrubynudny-landians | |
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Kris Krishnamma | ... | Gwupigrubynudny-landians |
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Jamille Jinnah | ... | Gwupigrubynudny-landians |
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Sophie Bevan | ... | Journalist |
Kiki Kendrick | ... | Eileen | |
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Trevor Thomas | ... | Schlauch |
Amelia Curtis | ... | Yvonne | |
Tilly Blackwood | ... | Underworld secretary |
The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased. A black comedy about the Apocalypse, 'The Nine Lives...' presents a unique brand of left-field humour, spiritual beauty and spectral horror. Written by Anonymous
Ben Hopkins in The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz presents a Kafkaesque take on London on the verge of apocalypse. Ian McNeice is a million miles from Bert in Doc Martin, reveling in the role of the blind police inspector trying, through psychic means, to make sense of it all. His enjoyment of the role is infectious. There are some genuinely funny set-ups here, carried off by a cast not afraid to go for high camp. The comedy works most of the time, but when deeper meanings are the target the film is a little hit-and-miss. Shot ultra-low budget, it looks like a very slick student movie, but has enough laughs and surprises to overcome its aesthetic limitations. The films big achievement is to present London in a fresh, and vaguely frightening, way. More of interest to aspiring lo-budget filmmakers than a general audience.