Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.
Redirected is a scrappy British crime-comedy that sends four hapless friends into a chaotic Lithuanian underworld. The botched-heist-goes-wrong premise is well-worn Guy Ritchie territory and the plotting is messy and episodic rather than tightly constructed, landing it below average. The acting is game but uneven, with the ensemble lacking the charisma to elevate thin characterisation. Cinematography is competent but unremarkable — functional rather than distinctive. Its Eastern European setting and the sheer anarchic absurdity of the escalating misadventures give it a modest novelty edge over generic British crime fare, even if the template is familiar. The ending wraps up in a perfunctory, unsatisfying fashion that doesn't pay off the chaos that preceded it.