![]() This was rather offputting for me, as it broke the momentum of the series and my ability to decipher the story through the mass of filler. In the first few episodes, UTOPIA comes across as quite pretentious, with the storyline hidden amonsgt the artsy scenes and dialogue that consumes it. Each gives a fantastic performance, particularly Paul Higgins who plays minister of health Michael Dugdale who becomes embroiled in the whole conspiracy, as well as young Oliver Woollford, who plays foul mouthed yet lovable rogue, Grant. Utopia uses quite a few familiar faces and big names, including Misfits Curtis, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, respected actor James Fox (lead actor in Nic Roeg’s Performance with Mick Jagger), Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions), Stephen Rea (The Company of Wolves, V For Vendetta) and Geraldine James, who was last seen in Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake. ![]() Don’t be fooled though, he and Michael aren’t working together in this movie and it isn’t long before Smiley’s role takes a turn for the worst. He is joined in Utopia by a familiar face in the shape of Kill List buddy, Michael Smiley. HorrorCultFilms readers will recognise Arby as Neil Maskell from Ben Wheatley’s KILL LIST, one of our favourite horrors of 2011. “ Who is Jessica Hyde?” will become ingrained upon your memory as out-of-breath hitman Arby questions seemingly innocent people before his accomplice tortures them. As two guys, armed with a bar and a gas canister threaten the staff, they question the comic book worker about a particular graphic novel called Utopia Experiments… If the series makers wanted you to sit up straight and watch their programme, they definitely catch your attention with their brutal opening set in a comic book store. After Bejan is visited by the hitmen, the group must run for their lives and find the manuscript and decipher it’s secrets before The Network does. Unbeknownst to the group, two hitmen have been assigned by an mysterious organisation, known only as The Network, to retrieve the manuscript. Believing the artwork contained in the book reflects reality and reveals certain truths of past events that hadn’t occurred before publishing, the group decide to meet when member Bejan announces he has the manuscript of a second chapter of Utopia, which was completed before the author killed himself. UTOPIA (2013) Originally aired on Channel 4 in January 2013Ī group of people come together online over their love of UTOPIA, a cult graphic novel created by a schizophrenic in a mental institute. Starring: Adeel Akhtar, Alexandra Roach, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Geraldine James, James Fox, Michael Smiley, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Neil Maskell, Oliver Woollford, Stephen Rea Directed by: Alex Garcia Lopez, Marc Munden
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