Father-and-son duo Timothy and Rafe Spall are known for starring in a wealth of separate well-known projects, but the pair have teamed up for a dark Spanish thriller. The two's movie Rich Flu first premiered last year, so may have gone under your radar.
The aptly-titled film focuses on a virus that targets some of the richest and most influential people on the planet, starting with billionaires and then multi-millionaires before going further down the ladder.
"Gradually, its focus expands to include more modest riches, forcing everyone to get rid of their fortunes," a synopsis reads. "The problem is that there's no one left to sell them to. Class struggle and pandemic science fiction go hand in hand."
Timothy stars in the role of Sebastian Snail Snr, while his son plays Toni. Other cast members include Ahsoka's Mary Elizabeth Winstead, The Sopranos' Lorraine Bracco, Doctor Who's Jonah Hauer-King, The Secret Garden's Dixie Egerickx and Outlander's César Domboy.
Rich Flu comes from director and co-writer Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, who is behind Netflix's The Platform movies, and was first screened a year ago at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain.
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However, the movie hasn't had the most glowing reviews. Blu-ray.com called the concept "an absolutely ripe idea for cinematic inspection" which reaches "a Big Message that takes an hour for the helmer to investigate, only to finally arrive at a forgone conclusion".
"The style of Gaztelu-Urrutia's film is reminiscent of other dystopian futures, although it does not achieve the same visual and narrative intensity that is required of it," added Sensacine (via Rotten Tomatoes).
However, El Pais was more positive, calling the film "an ambitious, 100% Spanish film with a big budget, shot in English with a solid international cast, magnificent workmanship from national artists and technicians" that "offers more than a 25-second shocking hook".
As for viewer opinion, one fan on Letterboxd called it a "great concept" with "dreadful execution", adding: "A film that sadly thinks it's smarter than it is - offering up a critique of capitalism akin to a 2nd grade school report, and delivered with all the subtlety of throwing a chihuahua at an onrushing plane."
Another suggested it has a "real interesting promise for a not that interesting movie", while a third said "the plot was interesting but they should’ve done so much better with it".
One user went so far to say it "goes so beyond the so bad its good category" and that their cinema screening was a "godly experience".
You can watch the trailer for Rich Flu via YouTube, which teases the concept of the disease – the symptoms of which include glowing teeth. Yep, really.
However, if you want to catch it in the UK, unfortunately it hasn't yet landed a distributor so watch this space on release date updates.
The project isn't the only one that the Spalls have worked together on, with father and son previously collaborating on a 2007 ITV adaptation of EM Forster's A Room with a View.
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