Synopsis:
Six jack-the-lad coppers in their late-20s/early-30s head out for Brighton on a Stag Do. One of their number fails to show for the train journey, but appears to have checked-in to the hotel already. All is not quite as it seems, however...
An ominous “Hit List” is found daubed on the mirror of their en-suite bathroom - with the absentee’s name already struck off. When news breaks that one of their past arrests – ‘murderer’ Conrad Fearon – has absconded from jail that very morning, the guys realise they are being stalked.
All but one of the guys – enthusiastic rookie Ash – were involved in framing the innocent Fearon for the murder of a prostitute, actually committed by the group’s Stag, six years hence. The alpha Best Man – architect of the frame – is paranoid that Fearon being at large will re-awaken the closed case, and insists that they should get to him before the official police search does. So he blackmails the innocent Ash, intent on using him as bait to snare and kill Fearon once and for all.
But he hadn’t reckoned with Fearon’s prison-honed smarts and self-taught Mixed Martial Arts. As the day progresses, Fearon runs rings around the guys – taunting them with cryptic messages, pictures and videos. Leaving a trail that drags them around the seamy underbelly of the UK’s most liberal beach resort, he picks them off one by one.
This rising tension tears the core group apart – with the hot-headed Stag defying Best Man’s command to go it alone, whilst Ash appears to question his own motives for being a police officer. Isolated and increasingly vulnerable, he throws his badge into the sea.
No sooner has he done this than he comes face to face with Fearon. Or rather, is re- united with him, as it emerges Ash has been his accomplice all along. Driven by a secret yearning to expose his corrupt seniors, it was he who sprung the innocent Fearon from jail.
As the night draws to a close, the pair of them ambush Best Man, before Ash alone kills the real murderer - Stag. This one’s especially personal for Ash – as he reveals that the murdered prostitute was his estranged twin sister. He’d signed-up for the force when he got wind that her murderer may not have been the convicted Fearon, and determined to take his vengeance by working his way into the inner circle of the guilty party.
Turning his back on the force, Ash flees abroad with Stag’s long-suffering fiancee, with whom he has been having a secret fling during the course of his ‘investigation’. Meanwhile it is revealed that Fearon did not actually kill any of the other cops – he’s imprisoned them at various locations, with written confessions police-taped to them. His conviction will be quashed, with the cops serving time for their role in the frame.
Just deserts all round.
Six jack-the-lad coppers in their late-20s/early-30s head out for Brighton on a Stag Do. One of their number fails to show for the train journey, but appears to have checked-in to the hotel already. All is not quite as it seems, however...
An ominous “Hit List” is found daubed on the mirror of their en-suite bathroom - with the absentee’s name already struck off. When news breaks that one of their past arrests – ‘murderer’ Conrad Fearon – has absconded from jail that very morning, the guys realise they are being stalked.
All but one of the guys – enthusiastic rookie Ash – were involved in framing the innocent Fearon for the murder of a prostitute, actually committed by the group’s Stag, six years hence. The alpha Best Man – architect of the frame – is paranoid that Fearon being at large will re-awaken the closed case, and insists that they should get to him before the official police search does. So he blackmails the innocent Ash, intent on using him as bait to snare and kill Fearon once and for all.
But he hadn’t reckoned with Fearon’s prison-honed smarts and self-taught Mixed Martial Arts. As the day progresses, Fearon runs rings around the guys – taunting them with cryptic messages, pictures and videos. Leaving a trail that drags them around the seamy underbelly of the UK’s most liberal beach resort, he picks them off one by one.
This rising tension tears the core group apart – with the hot-headed Stag defying Best Man’s command to go it alone, whilst Ash appears to question his own motives for being a police officer. Isolated and increasingly vulnerable, he throws his badge into the sea.
No sooner has he done this than he comes face to face with Fearon. Or rather, is re- united with him, as it emerges Ash has been his accomplice all along. Driven by a secret yearning to expose his corrupt seniors, it was he who sprung the innocent Fearon from jail.
As the night draws to a close, the pair of them ambush Best Man, before Ash alone kills the real murderer - Stag. This one’s especially personal for Ash – as he reveals that the murdered prostitute was his estranged twin sister. He’d signed-up for the force when he got wind that her murderer may not have been the convicted Fearon, and determined to take his vengeance by working his way into the inner circle of the guilty party.
Turning his back on the force, Ash flees abroad with Stag’s long-suffering fiancee, with whom he has been having a secret fling during the course of his ‘investigation’. Meanwhile it is revealed that Fearon did not actually kill any of the other cops – he’s imprisoned them at various locations, with written confessions police-taped to them. His conviction will be quashed, with the cops serving time for their role in the frame.
Just deserts all round.
