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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Cath Clarke

Sunray: Fallen Soldier review – staple guns pressed into service in brutal payback thriller

 Jeff Bridges lookalike Tip Cullen in Sunray: Fallen Soldier
Jeff Bridges lookalike Tip Cullen in Sunray: Fallen Soldier Photograph: Publicity image

This is a boorish, blokey film, the cinematic equivalent of a man sitting on the tube with his legs spread wide apart. It’s a violent British revenge thriller starring ex-Marine (and Jeff Bridges lookalike) Tip Cullen as a veteran getting payback for the death of his teenage daughter from drugs. Everyone involved has clearly worked extremely hard with what looks like a very low budget, but the cracks do show; it’s impossible to take a gangland crime boss seriously when he’s wearing such a nasty cheap suit. To be fair, most of the funding looks like it’s been chucked at SUVs and imitation assault rifles for the relentless gunfights.

As it happens, veteran marine Andy (Cullen) carries out his first kills using bits and bobs borrowed from work; he’s the manager of a hardware shop so he picks off the bad guys in a seedy drug den with a staple gun and hammer, hunting down his daughter’s dealer boyfriend Cassius (Daniel Davids).

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