A desperate man takes a mortgage broker hostage in Gus Van Santâs edgy fact-based thriller. Plus, John Travolta gets his family involved in a nostalgia-fest set in the golden age of air travel The spirit of the Al Pacino classic Dog Day Afternoon is alive and well in Gus Van Santâs ripped-from-the-headlines drama. Both feature a desperate man driven to extremes, a frantic police operation to contain him and a 1970 media circus that creates an antihero. Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd is all gangly, edgy energy as Tony Kiritsis, a low-level Indianapolis land developer who believes mortgage broker ML Hall (Al Pacino in a superbly unlikable cameo) cheated him on a deal. So he takes Hallâs son, Richard (Dacre Montgomery), hostage using the titular contraption connected to a shotgun. Itâs surprisingly funny amid the sweaty tension, with Kiritsisâs delusion that heâll get away with the crime almost endearing. Friday 5 June, 8am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere John Travoltaâs drama is the definition of a vanity project. He wrote and directed it from his own childrenâs novel, as well as narrating, and it features members of his family. But thereâs something cosily nostalgic about his stylishly
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A desperate man takes a mortgage broker hostage in Gus Van Santâs edgy fact-based thriller. Plus, John Travolta gets his family involved in a nostalgia-fest set in the golden age of air travel The spirit of the Al Pacino classic Dog Day…
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