BFI film: Islands

Sam Riley is taken in by Stacy Martin in this enjoyable Canary Islands-set thriller.

Sam Riley delivers a career-best performance as a washed-up tennis coach caught up in a strange disappearance in this blisteringly hot noir thriller. A less-than-enthusiastic tennis coach for tourists at an all-inclusive resort in the Canary Islands, Tom spends his evenings drinking himself into abandon. Although his schedule is full for the week, he accepts the son of a sophisticated female guest and soon finds himself spending more time with the boy and his parents. But as peculiar tensions surface, Tom finds himself drawn deeper into their mysterious world. Jan-Ole Gerster’s seductive, slow-burn thriller gradually ramps-up the tension, while Dascha Dauenhauer’s moody score emphasises the film’s fever-dream mood and hints at the unease that threatens Tom’s world.

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17:50 show