Boiling Point directed by Philip Barantini was directed in one take. There are no disguised cuts. This is a one shot 90 minutes movie.
Set in a busy upmarket restaurant in London. Chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) exhausted life will fall apart over the course of the night. It starts off with a petty health inspector although he has a few valid criticisms. Andy has started to be slack with his paperwork.
His kitchen staff are short tempered some of them inexperienced. The customers are a nuisance, one of them has a nut allergy. The front of house staff are not following procedures and care too much about social media.
Later his ex boss and financier Alistair Skye (Jason Flemyng) shows up with a food critic. The celebrity chef criticises Andy's food and wants his loan repaid.
To top it all, all those sips from the flask that Andy has, well it's not water.
Boiling Point comes across more like a play because of the way it is set up. At times, I found it was lit too dark, which would not had been an issue if it was shot conventionally.
There are some great performances from the cast who had to be on top if the game. The story was well worn though, you just knew that a nut will get in the food somehow.
Set in a busy upmarket restaurant in London. Chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) exhausted life will fall apart over the course of the night. It starts off with a petty health inspector although he has a few valid criticisms. Andy has started to be slack with his paperwork.
His kitchen staff are short tempered some of them inexperienced. The customers are a nuisance, one of them has a nut allergy. The front of house staff are not following procedures and care too much about social media.
Later his ex boss and financier Alistair Skye (Jason Flemyng) shows up with a food critic. The celebrity chef criticises Andy's food and wants his loan repaid.
To top it all, all those sips from the flask that Andy has, well it's not water.
Boiling Point comes across more like a play because of the way it is set up. At times, I found it was lit too dark, which would not had been an issue if it was shot conventionally.
There are some great performances from the cast who had to be on top if the game. The story was well worn though, you just knew that a nut will get in the food somehow.