City of Tiny Lights 2016

Some secrets should remain buried

5.2 / 10   80 vote(s)
Crime Drama Thriller

In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.

Release Date 2016-09-12
Runtime 1h 50m
Directors Pete Travis, Felix Wiedemann, Sekani Doram, Alexander Holt, Lance Roehrig, Liam Iandoli
Producers Rebecca O'Brien, Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto, Paul Driver, Eimhear McMahon, Michiyo Yoshizaki, Marc Samuelson, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Natascha Wharton, Charles Auty, Peter Hampden, Norman Merry, Fumio Nagase
Writers Patrick Neate, Patrick Neate

I found myself far more interested in the romantic subplot's flashback sub-subplot than the actual core plot of the private investigator story. But that one tiny little part of the movie is only explored so far as it needs to so that it may service the movie at large. And the movie at large, I'm afraid I cannot give a passing grade to, as much as I would have liked to for Riz Ahmed and Billie Piper.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.

Gimly