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Three and Out [DVD] [2008]
enlarge	Actors: Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Imelda Staunton Studio: Contender Home Entertainment Group Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £1.82 as of 23/11/2009 06:17 GMT details You Save: £14.17 (89%) New (22) Used (8) from £1.68 Seller: fuze-ltd Rating: 9 reviews Sales Rank: 13981 Format: PAL Language: English (Unknown) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 106 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5030305512309 ASIN: B001B0XVSQ Theatrical Release Date: 2008 Release Date: September 15, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next » Three and Out: more than meets the eye September 24, 2008 Mr. Barry A. Cohen (London) 4 out of 6 found this review helpful The film 'Three and Out' is ultimately an enlightening polarisation of monotony vs adventure, solitute vs friendship, and futility juxtaposed with a real meaning in one's life. The film's protagonist, a London underground driver, Paul Callow (MacKenzie Crook), haphazardly manages to run over two people within a short space of time; rather than submerge in the contrition one would expect from a man so disollusioned with his own life and so often yearning for some kind of utopia, Callow envisages hope: his colleagues at work trick him into believing that should he "accidentally" kill another passenger on the underground within the same month, an abundant redundancy package would follow. Suddenly, Callow's aspirations of escapism become cleverly enfolded in his own narrative and the story really begins. Like one of life's most prosaic yet profound messages, Callow discovers that the solution does not neccessarily lie in a quick fix. Although he arranges to run over Tommy Cassidy (Colm Meaney), whose prospects are also outweighed by his fortunes, their relationship gradually moulds into a unique bond of mutual admiration and respect. Along the way, the play continues to champion the strength and pain in family values, and the fulfilment a new love can bring to an otherwise unhappy existence, as Callow falls for and (somehow) manages to seduce Cassidy's nubile daughter, Frankie (Gemma Arteton). Simultaneous to these rather ponderous messages, the film conveys a laugh or too, none more so when Cassidy chases an embarassed and semi-adorned Callow from his daughter's bed to the depths of the countryside, before collapsing, too fatigued and unhealthy to continue. Callow's ascendancy is obliquely parralelled in Cassidy's own short-lived happiness at finally speaking again with his wife, Rosemary (Imelda Staunton), and such positivity should not be overshadowed by Callow and Cassidy closing their deal. br / br /In short, this film offers so much more than a typical British comedy and its subfusiveness of so many different themes and genres is testament to its overall intricacy and effectiveness. br / br / Three and Out - A Good Film February 4, 2009 Annie Sunshine (UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Meet A Train Driver br /He kills 2 people with his train br /Meet His 2 work mates br /They tell him that as he as killed 2 people already, that if he kills another one within the month - (before Monday - today being Friday) he will get a fantastic redundancy package. br / br /He decides then to go to the local suicide bridge br / br /He ends up saving a man from killing himself and then strikes up a deal, br /that if he can kill him with his train on the Monday, He will give him money to do whatever he wants over the weekend. br / br /This seems to be quite an uncomplicated deal. br / br /That is until the train driver gets to know the man, and steps into his life. br / br /Overall it was quite funny in parts, and enjoyable. br / br /I have one critisism though some of the scouse accents ended up sounding brummy (Birmingham) br / tree and out April 7, 2009 paul jones (wales uk) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful was better than i thought it would be, as the story progresses the more you had to watch it, thoroughly enjoable A black British comedy with really good performances June 29, 2008 Dazman 7 out of 15 found this review helpful I loved this film, when I first heard about it I knew it would be one for me to see and it is. br / br /This basically revolves around an underground train driver (Mackenzie Crook) who accidentally runs over 2 people with his train over the course of a week, he then finds out that if another person is killed within a month of the first death then he'll lose his job and be paid the equivalent of 10 years pay in one lump sum. br / br /So starts the search for a third 'victim' as he actively begins looking for someone to volunteer their life so that he can claim his reward. br / br /It's very much a black comedy and there were protests about this film by the train drivers union, but in the end it's a comedy it's not meant to be real life as such, nor to encourage or mock suicide. br / br /Mackenzie Crook and Colm Meaney are both in fine form, with good support by Imelda Staunton. br / br /Probably not for everyone, but if you don't take it too seriously and enjoy dark humour then you'll probably enjoy this. Distinctly average October 2, 2008 Mr. Dk Hamm (Derbyshire, UK) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful An average sort of film. In some ways it reminded me of a poor man's "Withnail and I". Mackenzie Crook is a good comedy actor but in this film he is totally outshadowed by the supporting cast, particularly Colm Meaney, who is the star for me. Also good performances by Imelda Staunton and Gemma Arterton. br / br /Don't bother with the extras. The "making of" is nothing of the sort. Just the director and cast telling us what we have already seen and the so called deleted scenes consist of large chunks of the existing film with a few seconds of mostly uninteresting cut dialogue inserted. Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next »

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