Grisly vengeance and chilli sauce aplenty,but this bloody thriller can’t fairly stretch to a full-length featureThe son of a kebab shop owner avenges his father’s death at the hands the marauding drunks who lay waste to his shop each night. Student-turned-vigilante Salah (Ziad Abaza) disposes of the evidence one “special” doner at a time. This is Sweeney Todd reimagined for the Brit binge-drinking generation. Its a cross between a thriller and an outraged tabloid article approximately the perils of alcopops. But this short film idea can’t sustain a feature, no matter how much chilli sauce and cranial trauma you pack into it.
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Source: theguardian.com