^ That explains why :D

This should be good :D

So is there music by them in the movie?

So is there music by them in the movie?

 

Doesn't look like it, only Ilan Eshkeri and Tim Wheeler are mentioned.

Trailer For Coldplay-Backed Noir 'Ashes' Starring Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess & Luke Evans

 

 

Remember when it was announced that Coldplay were co-financing a movie? No? Well, that was almost two years ago, and the fruits of their money's labor will now be seen in the finished product, "Ashes," a film noir that looks as confusing as it is generic, though it does boast Ray Winstone going blonde, "Memento"-style.

 

Co-starring Jim Sturgess, Luke Evans and Lesley Manville, it's unfortunate that the collective talents of all the actors, couldn't be in service of something better. Here's the synopsis: Jamie (Jim Sturgess), after many months of searching, finally tracks down his estranged father (Winstone), and together they embark on a dangerous road trip. However, with Frank becoming more unstable and Jamie's motives unclear, the journey gradually unravels their dark and sinister pasts.

 

Mat Whitecross, a frequent collaborator with the band who recently helmed their video for "Paradise" (and also directed the pretty terrible Ian Dury biopic "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll") got behind the camera here, and if the results look straight-to-DVD quality, well, that's because it is. The movie has skipped theaters and will land on DVD in the U.K. on January 28th. No word yet if or when it will cross the pond. Watch below.

 

 

 

 

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WOAH. Looks awesome!!!!

 

Jim Sturgess+Coldplay, I don't think you can go wrong with that sort of combination!! :awesome:

Here's the movie poster:

 

The background music in the trailer sounds a bit b-side Coldplayish, a bit like Pour Me..

ASHES DVD Review

 

 

Ray Winstone is no stranger to straight-to-DVD titles and with Ashes, despite his role proving to be possibly his most challenging yet, the quality of the film as a whole is certainly far from worthy of cinematic release. Covering mental illness among a world of deceit and criminals, Ashes attempts to come across as a gritty road movie but instead underwhelms and is for the main a forgettable affair.

 

Beginning with James (Jim Sturgess) visiting his father Frank (Winstone) in a home, Ashes soon kicks into gear as a mentally unstable father is broken out by a son who has finally plucked up the courage to see his father after some time absent from his life. Fleeing in a car, it soon becomes apparent after a rather unsettling phone call that James is in a lot of trouble with some shady characters, and his father may hold the key to him and his family’s safety.

 

Unfortunately, Frank’s mental state is deteriorating and with him constantly experiencing visions of his late wife (Lesley Manville). he is a difficult person to contain and keep calm whilst they continue their journey. As the road to resolution approaches, it appears all is not what it seems and when revelations are unveiled, the lives of all involved are put in the balance in a tangled web of family lies and broken trust.

 

Held back by poor scripting and some lacklustre directorial work, Ashes is held together only by a brilliant performance from Ray Winstone. Taking a different path in covering the role of an Alzheimer’s patient, Winstone controls the film with a superb prowess and is the emotive drive that is so needed. As the helpless and confused Frank, Winstone turns from dribbling confusion to violently uncontrollable in the blink of the eye in what is a brutally honest depiction of a common illness in the world today.

 

Backed by the likes of Jim Sturgess, in the mold of the impatient son, Winstone has little support in carrying Ashes, Sturgess simply providing a character who cannot be weighted with support from the audience, his motives far from what we expect. Instead the likes of Sturgess, Jodie Whittaker and Luke Evans are swept aside by the film’s glue, Winstone.

 

 

Director Mat Whitecross is exceptionally fortunate to possess such a string to his bow in Winstone, as Ashes is greatly let down by direction that sees an abundance of needless close shots deter us from what is happening and which carry no advantage at any point. There are points in which there are hints of positivity; scenes involving flashbacks in Frank’s mind are dealt with well but for the main the film suffers from lack of originality and that punch it so dearly requires to keep the audience interested.

 

Plot-wise Ashes is one that has been described as possessing some twists that will keep you guessing, but in truth, once half way through proceedings many will find that they will have guessed the film’s conclusion with relative ease. Such is the standard of the script and the layout of events put upon us. When a film is this predictable it is all to often that the audience grows tired and finds it a struggle to persevere, and Ashes is the perfect example of this, Winstone the only saving grace to keep hopes alive.

 

 

In truth, a film executive produced by British supergroup Coldplay was never quite set to astound or gain fruitful praise, and in Ashes this is most certainly the case. Mat Whitecross’ road movie come kitchen-sink drama is an underwhelming and wholeheartedly predictable affair that lacks an inch of originality or successful plot devices to keep interest at its peak.

 

Carrying the weight of the film on his aging shoulders, Ray Winstone is almost the Rocky Balboa of the picture, taking blows from poor scripting and direction left right and centre but fighting to the bitter end with a powerful performance unlike anything you have seen from him before. The stereotypical hard-headed gangster type is abandoned for a much more powerful and emotive role, and Winstone swipes with devastating shots whenever given the opportunity.

 

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Only 2 stars? : (

In truth, a film executive produced by British supergroup Coldplay was never quite set to astound or gain fruitful praise, and in Ashes this is most certainly the case.

And why so ? :angry:

Only 2 stars? : (

 

Not as gross as there been no bluray.

I don't think the 2 star rating has anything to do with that.