The Host

    The Host
    2020

    Synopsis

    A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind and start a new life. To take advantage, he unwittingly signs up with a Chinese cartel to transport a briefcase to Amsterdam. But all is not as it seems in a city veiled by dark secrets. Fuelled by power players, drugs, seduction and violence, Robert awaits his turn in a deadly game of choice and consequence.

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      Cast

      • Maryam HassouniVera Tribbe
      • Mike BeckinghamRobert Atkinson
      • Dougie PoynterSteve Atkinson
      • Nigel BarberHerbert Summers
      • Suan-Li OngJun Hui
      • Togo IgawaLau Hoi Ho
      • Daniël BoissevainAlbert Tribbe
      • Tom WuYong
      • Derek JacobiDr. Hobson
      • Jeroen KrabbéVera's Father

      Recommendations

      • 65

        Film Threat

        As hard as it is to grasp where the story intends to go, it’s just as easy to realize that it had no other choice but to fall into standard crime thriller tropes.
      • 40

        The Hollywood Reporter

        Director Newbery proves ill-equipped to handle the convoluted narrative shifts of the screenplay co-written by Finola Geraghty, Brendan Bishop and Laurence Lamers. But to be fair, even Hitchcock would have thrown up his hands at the illogical plotting and over-the-top contrivances that make "North by Northwest" look like a documentary by comparison.
      • 40

        Los Angeles Times

        Director Andy Newbery — working from a script credited to four writers — makes the story look classy but can’t find its beating heart.
      • 38

        Movie Nation

        The first half of the story is far more intriguing than the second, and “The Host” goes almost wholly wrong from that magic moment AFTER we wonder, “Just what the Hell is going on here?”
      • 25

        RogerEbert.com

        For a tale of mystery and intrigue, The Host provided neither.