Missing thrills in Trauma

Cast: Colin Firth, Brenda Fricker, Mena Suvari, Naomie Harris, Sean Harris

Cert: 18.

For a start, thrillers are supposed to be, err, thrilling... and exciting and mysterious. They're supposed to get the grey cells on speaking terms.

This one doesn't come close, largely because it's difficult - nay, impossible - to follow what's actually going on, and why.

We have the usually nice Mr Firth coming too in hospital after a fatal auto crash where his partner (Naomie Harris) seems to have been killed.

For some curious reason, there is a well-known and well-loved singer who has been dispatched.

The two stories come together, in a highly unlikely fashion, when Firth's character is suspected of the singer's murder. At which point his neighbour (Suvari) decides to help out as he begins to investigate... a task which leads him into the strange world of a suspicious cult run by Fricker.

Why, one is inclined to ask.

The plotting is all over the place and the various characters are so badly drawn that we soon lose interest in their troubles.

It's not thrilling in any way and it doesn't move you to the edge of your seat ... unless you are looking for the nearest exit.

Star Rating: 1/5