Comes A Bright Day will be distributed Internationally, Countries are still to be advised

So had an amazing night at the premier of Comes A Bright day.  At the  end of last week, Josef Altin (who plays the robber Clegg in the film) offered  me a ticket to the screening and the after party.

 It really was a fantastic night! Saw the film, had a glass of champagne at  after party...it  would have been the cherry on the cake if Kevin himself  had been there but watching the film sitting next to  Joe and his oldest
friend (who is just so proud of him!) was something really special.

 Comes a bright day what can I say about the film itself.....it is  stunning!

Cinematically it is a quintessentially British master class. Clean lines,  some beautiful art to inter cut dramatic sequences, showing that there is beauty  and hope to be found even in the most desperate situation.

 The ensemble cast are all wonderful- Imogen Poots has an innocence that is  undercut with a real grit, Timothy Spall plays the romanticised antique dealer  to perfection and Josef Altin gives a dramatic performance of note and gives  pathos to the comedic moments bestowed upon his character. The interplay between  Joe and Kevin is pacy, witty and they have a real chemistry together! (Not  Sandra/Kevin chemistry but chemistry none the less!).

 So Kevin plays Cameron- the psychopathic/sociopathic armed robber who  develops reverse stockholm syndrome toward the female hostage. In parts  reminicent of the Heath Leger portrayal of the joker as he flitted between  moments of emotional clarity, as he looked at photos of his female hostage and  cried into the mirror, and derranged yet clinical threats to kill and do  harm. Menacing yet moving, derranged yet damaged.

 Let's start with the important stuff:

 Kevin in this film is dressed immaculately in a power house of British men's  fashion- Paul Smith. Even the British tailoring adds to the clean and precise  visual this film effortlessly captures.

 He has a British east end accent- really rough. Surprised me when he first  spoke, was expecting scottish!

 He plays with the stutter so well, it comes across as a natural part of his  vocal cadence. He not only masters it in sound but also physically- the lip  placement, the shuddering as he forces the sounds out of his mouth and the looks  and gestures of sheer frustration showing us a snapshot of how his mind is  working faster than this mouth. Really well done. Clear Kevin put the work in to  master it- true method actor.

 His character says f**k a lot in this film!!!

 He has longer hair and a scruffier longer beard which are oh so hot!! There  are some beautiful close ups of his face without the mask in the second half of  the film.

There is a beautiful moment where Cameron is listening to Madam Butterfly EP  and kevin does what he does best- no words but the eyes, the face and the  patterns of breath tell the story!

 Also a very intense moment as Cameron corners Mary (Poots) and the intensity  of the face off suggests he will attack but instead he let's down her hair,  collapses to the floor and his head to her stomach embraces her and breaks down  his barriers momentarily. Within This cathartic moment Kevin's performance  leaves you with only one response as a viewer- empathy for this damaged soul. He  invites you in to as "what has happened to you?" For me (and it may just be to  do with my job I feel this way) this was the most powerful part of the  movie.

This film Scares you, emotionally moves you, romances you and makes you laugh  out loud more than once!! The audience is on just as much of a roller coaster as  the hostages!!  Comes A Bright Day is not a typical heist movie, it is more  subtle than that.

 Yes it has all guns blazing moments of violence that make you wince and raise  your anxiety levels, but it is also a story of finding love in unlikely places,  of a terrible event being beautifully liberating- of being set free and daring  to dream and them maybe coming true.

Many thanks to Hannah for supplying KMKO exclusively with her review of Comes A Bright Day

EXCLUSIVE: Soda Pictures and Sony Pictures pick up romantic thriller starring Imogen Poots, Timothy Spall, Craig Roberts and Kevin McKidd.

Soda Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have picked up romantic thriller Comes a Bright Day from Intandem for UK theatrical and home ent release, respectively.

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