Surveillance 24/7

Wolfe Video

Given the current political climate, the dismal signal to noise ratio of the media, and technology's tendency to develop faster than laws can adapt, movies about conspiracies, technofear and invasion of privacy won't be going out of style anytime soon. And since England has the highest concentration of closed circuit television cameras of any nation - it's estimated that the average Londoner is caught on camera 300 times a day - it seems plausible that the U.K. will produce a spiritual successor to The Conversation, Francis Coppola's brilliant reflection of the Watergate-era zeitgeist. Until that film comes along we'll have to make do with Surveillance 24/7, a low energy thriller about a regular bloke who runs afoul of some nasty black ops groups. Adam is a teacher who finds out that not being invited to stay the night is far from the worst thing that can happen on a one-night stand. When his trick is murdered for a MacGuffin, Adam is next on the hit list. Soon he's been framed for child porn and is on the run from unspecified agencies trying to prevent a Royal scandal. The excellent ensemble manage to act like it all makes sense, but unlike the private life of John Q. Bulldog, the plot doesn't bear close scrutiny.