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Painkiller

Painkiller

2011Short⏱️ 12m
ShortComedyDramaThriller
⭐ 7
IMDB Rating
109 votes

Street-smart Dominic's armed robbery of a convenience store goes wrong when he crosses paths with hard-working Jay, a taxi driver with nothing left to lose. Mutual contempt soon turns into a kind of understanding, but not without ...

Director
Mustapha Kseibati
Writers
N/A
Stars
Franz Drameh, Benedict Wong, Kris Saddler
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Franz Drameh
Franz Drameh
as Dominic
Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong
as Jay
Kris Saddler
Kris Saddler
as Mark
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Daphne Cheung
as Jay's Wife
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Henry Wu
as Jay's Son

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
B3 Media, BBC Writersroom

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaShortThriller

⭐ Featured Review

It is technically strong, but has issues with the balance of tone, and how well the material can work
by bob the moo β€’ 2015-03-14

"An armed robbery in a convenience store turns ugly when a shopper who had planned to kill himself, decides that being murdered would make much more sense. I recently watched the short film Mohammed from Mustapha Kseibati and was reading an interview from him afterwards where he said that Painkiller was technically his strongest piece, so I decided to give that watch. In terms of the production values he is correct since the film is well shot, has a good urgency, some good effects, and also knows when to let the two main actors have a little bit of space to play off one another. In this regard..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

Street-smart Dominic's armed robbery of a convenience store goes wrong when he crosses paths with hard-working Jay, a taxi driver with nothing left to lose. Mutual contempt soon turns into a kind of understanding, but not without ...