Blitz (2024)
First screened in October 2024
Director: Steve McQueen. Cast: Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Weller, Harris Dickinson, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman, Sally Messham, Joshua McGuire, Thomas Aitch, Charlie Hodson-Prior, Tommy Daley, Thea Achillea, Alex Jennings, Benjamin Clémentine, Jay Simpson, Bryony Hannah, Mica Ricketts, Stephen Graham, Kathy Burke, Heather Craney. Screenplay: Steve McQueen. In Brief:
A dispiriting experience, mostly unconvincing in story or style. A few McQueen touches, but mostly anonymous and ham-handed.
VOR:②
There's sadly some value right now in being reminded how war and internal breakdown ripple across a society. But as cinema? Near-total letdown.
