"Shallow Grave" is a film by Danny Boyle from 1994, starring Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, and Christopher Eccleston. The three stars play roommates looking for a fourth, who put applicants through a bizarre series of questions and then laugh themselves sick afterward. They're three crazy, silly kids, McGregor is Alex, a reporter, Eccleston is David, an accountant, and Fox is Juliet, a doctor.
Finally, with Fox's encouragement, they choose a fourth roommate, Hugo (Keith Allen), who is found dead in his bed. Underneath the bed is his suitcase, filled with more money than any of them have ever seen. Unbenownst to them, two men are torturing a third asking where Hugo is, and it's clear they'll stop at nothing until they find Hugo and the money.
Alex decides it's best if they chop the body up and bury it sans hands, feet, and teeth. David gets the short straw and has to do the chopping, and Juliet brings the hands and feet to the hospital and disposes of them there. They roll the car into the river.
At that point, the friendships begin to change, and most of all, David begins to change, and the story takes on much darker elements.
Absolutely bizarre film, definitely not my type of thing, so I may not be the best person to comment on it. Boyle does a fabulous job, as do the actors, of depicting a life-changing, friendship-changing moment and the danger and terror that follows, not to mention the lack of trust and strange behavior.
Extremely interesting film if you can stand all the violence. It doesn't all make sense but boy, it keeps you engrossed. I saw Danny Boyle's Frankenstein on the stage. He's a master with a fresh point of view.
Finally, with Fox's encouragement, they choose a fourth roommate, Hugo (Keith Allen), who is found dead in his bed. Underneath the bed is his suitcase, filled with more money than any of them have ever seen. Unbenownst to them, two men are torturing a third asking where Hugo is, and it's clear they'll stop at nothing until they find Hugo and the money.
Alex decides it's best if they chop the body up and bury it sans hands, feet, and teeth. David gets the short straw and has to do the chopping, and Juliet brings the hands and feet to the hospital and disposes of them there. They roll the car into the river.
At that point, the friendships begin to change, and most of all, David begins to change, and the story takes on much darker elements.
Absolutely bizarre film, definitely not my type of thing, so I may not be the best person to comment on it. Boyle does a fabulous job, as do the actors, of depicting a life-changing, friendship-changing moment and the danger and terror that follows, not to mention the lack of trust and strange behavior.
Extremely interesting film if you can stand all the violence. It doesn't all make sense but boy, it keeps you engrossed. I saw Danny Boyle's Frankenstein on the stage. He's a master with a fresh point of view.