The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie is under pressure from his boss to make sure the contract is completed.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic38/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
370 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom EdmundsDirector
- Paul SaundersonOriginal Music Composer
- Peter JobsonOriginal Music Composer
- Guy GarveyOriginal Music Composer
- Tom EdmundsWriter
Cast
- Aneurin BarnardWilliam
- Tom WilkinsonLeslie
- Freya MavorEllie
- Christopher EcclestonHarvey
- Marion BaileyPenny
- Velibor TopicIvan
- Nigel LindsayBrian
- Gethin AnthonyCharlie
- Marcia WarrenMargaret
- Emma Campbell-JonesWilliam's Mum
- Nathalie BuscombeAnne
- Carol MacReadyCelia
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Themes
assassinhitmansuicide attemptdeath wish