Noirland (2014)

• 65%
• 2014
• Philip Henry

The story opens with a murdered girl clutching a flash-drive in her hand as she dies. The police recover the flash-drive but it is encrypted. Throughout the film the police race to discover what is on the flash-drive to explain why this girl was killed. The structure of the film is based loosely on Pulp Fiction. There are three stories which feature some of the same characters to a greater or lesser extent. In the first story, young cop with a drinking problem is partnered with a more mature detective on the murder of the girl with the flash-drive. When all other leads are exhausted, they decide to enlist the talents of a psychic, with unexpected consequences. The second story revolves around a cyber-vigilante who abducts the daughter of an average couple. He gives them six hours to confess, but neither the husband nor wife seem to know what it is they're supposed to confess to. In the final story we discover who killed the girl at the beginning and why. It also ties up story strands which have been planted throughout the film and ends with a final twist.