Sus (2010)

1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Heath

Writers:

Barrie Keeffe (screenplay), Barrie Keeffe (play)

Stars:

Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Rafe Spall

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ralph Brown	...	D.S. Karn
Clint Dyer	...	Leon Delroy
Rafe Spall	...	D.C. Wilby
Anjela Lauren Smith	...	Georgie
Merlin Reeves-Dyer	...	Background Artist
Simone Reeves-Dyer	...	Background Artist
Jordan Allen	...	Background Artist
Johanna Ambaye	...	Background Artist
Guido Geissler	...	Background Artist
Katrina Hardy Saenz	...	Background Artist
Keiran Mahon	...	Background Artist
Laurie Mahon	...	Background Artist
Cherish Rufaro Mutambara	...	Background Artist
Steven O'Connell	...	Background Artist (as Stephen O'Connell)
Anna Sawyer	...	Background Artist

Storyline

1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a witty, psychotic racist and his violent sidekick D.C. Wilby. Both high on the prospect of a Conservative landslide victory they try to lure him into a quick confession. Callous humiliation gives way to a barrage of sinister violence, leading to a devastating conclusion.

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Plot Keywords:

scene of the crime | election night | suspect | police | trio | 

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Taglines:

1979 Election Night. For One Man The Vote Is Already In.

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

It's Up to You (Live at the Moonlight Club)
Performed by The Specials
Written by Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Roddy Byers, Lynval Golding, John Bradbury and Neville Staple
(c) 1979 Plangent Visions Music Limited
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd

User Reviews

Stagey filmed play

It's clear from the outset that SUS is the filmed version of a play; it's set in a single location, with three actors, and contains some very theatrical mannerisms. I'm sure that seeing it in person would have been a great success, but as a film it feels like something of a failure. It's totally non-cinematic, it feels overlong and it's one of those films where not much really happens.

It's also a film that hits you over the head with a political agenda from the outset, which is something I'm not too keen on. This time around they're pushing a liberal mindset, with the cops depicted as racist pigs and the blacks subjected to irrational hatred and violence, but it all feels a bit obvious. It's the sort of thing that you'd expect to take up ten minutes of screen time in a film detailing other stuff, but instead it's stretched out to feature length.

There's no faulting the acting, particularly from Ralph Brown as the elder of the two cops, although it does feel like Rafe Spall is showing off a bit, desperate to get the camera to take notice of him. Trying to come out from his father's shadow perhaps? Clint Dyer is fine, of course, in a difficult part. But this is hardly enjoyable and it hardly adds anything new that we don't already know about racism in the UK.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 2010 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thin Film Productions, Mensch Films, 3rd Eye Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1