Bodies

Well, this is terrific. A film that, should you go in blind as I did, doesn't give you any clue as to what course it is going to take. In fact, the underwhelming first scenes seem to indicate this is going to be a comedy. It isn't a comedy.

Two brothers, one retarded, pose as a paramedics. They kidnap young people and sell their organs to the black market. The latest victim refuses to be intimidated by them, showing manipulative skills and a beaming intelligence - in short, she runs rings around them. But there's more going on, which I won't reveals without straying into spoilers - and that would be a shame.

Writer/producer/director/'Delivery Driver' Rodney Wilson extols the virtues of a low-budget, providing a fascinating character-piece, whilst allowing us a few very effective moments of gore. The three main characters are very well played, and the minimalist production values really add to the sense of austerity and isolation.

There would never be a mainstream, Hollywood-style film like this; and that's fine, because if there was, we wouldn't get independent gems like this. Long scenes, allowing performances to scale the heights of madness and dive into the depths of despair - without a cut in sight - command the attention and toy with it.

The finale is, in retrospect, somewhat inevitable and satisfying, but such are the developments throughout the film, anything could happen. My score is 8 out of 10.