Synopsis
After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..
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Cast
- Robin HillKarl
- Robert HillBill
- Julia DeakinMaggie
- David SchaalEric
- Kerry PeacockValda
- Tony WayGarvey
- Mark KempnerBerman
- Michael SmileyPringle
- Gareth TunleyJon
- Kali PeacockHelen Garvey
Recommendations
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Time Out
This muted mobster story reminds us that the ties that bind can also gag you, garrote you and slowly deaden your soul. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Down Terrace is long on talk but generates its own internal rhythms and pace that makes it feel bracing and vibrantly alive. - 75
The A.V. Club
When Down Terrace gets in a good groove, Wheatley and Hill's dialogue is both funny and pointed. - 75
New York Post
It's full of funny stuff, from a hitman forced to drag along his 3-year-old when he can't get a sitter, to one of the goons being asked, "Do you have a Web presence?" - 70
Variety
Cleverly channeling gangster tropes through a British kitchen-sink soap opera, TV scribe-helmer Ben Wheatley has concocted a nifty black comedy, with a little help from his friends, in Down Terrace. - 70
Village Voice
Down Terrace has frequently been appreciated as "The Sopranos meets Mike Leigh." But a more fruitful comparison might be to last year's stand-out British satire "In the Loop": In both films, verbal aggression makes for the biggest laughs and the surest signs of moral decay. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The production comes by its authenticity naturally -- and not only because several of the cast members (fascinating faces all) happen to be related. - 60
Empire
The father and son chemistry give this blackly-comic slice of social realism a dose of Ealing-lite wit.
