Bela Lugosi famously said that clowns aren't funny in the moonlight, and here rubber-faced comedian Lee Evans proves that comics often do make the creepiest villains.
Between acclaimed performances in Funny Bones and the recent stage production of Beckett's Endgame, Evans shaved his head (and shed his smile) to play Sean Veil, a paranoid social misfit who videotapes himself 24/7, yet still manages to be framed for a brutal murder.
Evans' indelible performance as Veil (a presumed pun on the word surVEILlance) is somewhat let down by a substandard supporting cast, but first-time director John Simpson has a strong idea to work through, a good actor and a great set (a dank Belfast prison) and doesn't squander them - even if the influence of Darren Aronofsky's Pi is perhaps a little too tangible.