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  • 2022
  • Brainstorm Media
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • Brainstorm Media
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Nightride is a realtime one shot thriller set on the midnight streets of Belfast. It places us in the driver's seat with smalltime dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against time to find his missing pro...

Directed By: Stephen Fingleton

Written By: Ben Conway

  • 2022
  • Brainstorm Media
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • Brainstorm Media
  • 1 h 37 m

Nightride

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Summary Nightride is a realtime one shot thriller set on the midnight streets of Belfast. It places us in the driver's seat with smalltime dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against time to find his missing pro...

Directed By: Stephen Fingleton

Written By: Ben Conway

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60
Apr 12, 2022
Nightride promises to take you on a ride, which it does; a bumpy one, filled with detours and ennui-inducing stretches.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 4, 2022
Happily, the screenplay is a model of design and economy. The dilemmas remain clear. The solutions mostly make sense.
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 4, 2022
Nightride doesn’t try to reinvent the (car) wheel, nor does it really pretend to be anything more than it is. Fingleton shows us what he can do, so it’s efficient vehicle in the end. Like the audience, it knows where it is going. It all depends on whether those on board like the cut of its chassis.
By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 2, 2022
There’s a propulsive, driving force to the way the film is directed, but there are some things that don’t entirely track.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 3, 2022
The one-take gimmick — much easier to achieve now thanks to digital cameras —has become common enough that it barely qualifies as novel.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company HAUS Pictures, Logical Pictures, Silk Mass, Village Films
Release Date Mar 4, 2022
Duration 1 h 37 m
Genres
Tagline One Deal. One Night. One Shot.
Website https://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/news/filming-in-northern-ireland/stephen-fingletons-nightride-selected-tiffs-industry-selects/
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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