Review of Downtime (1997) by Paul D — 23 Nov 2012

There are so many themes in this film it is impossible to say what the genre is whilst watching it, in the end it appears to be a lame love story with a lot of loose ends not properly explained.

This review of Downtime (1997) was written by Paul D on 23 Nov 2012.

Downtime has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Private U (13,627) on 30 Oct 2007

Advertised as the first real British action film. It was more of a limpish thriller in the end and certainly nothing to write home about…

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I worked on this film, the best things about it were meeting Susan Lynch and Paul McGann and seeing my name in the credits…

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