i have wait to watch this for a long time . round about the same time paul mcgann be cast a the doctor in the american doctor who television movie it be announce he would be star in a british die hard type of thriller call downtime . that what the exact phrase be a british version of die hard and be a doctor who fan there nothing i and many other fan would have like more see a former doctor who be as famous a bruce willis . i hear absolutely nothing more about downtime until it be broadcast on channel 4 a couple of year ago which i somehow manage to miss . i do not see it until last night and to be blunt i do not miss much the fact that it set in newcastle and film in liverpool ( let this be the final word on setting and location ) sum up the whole movie it something it not in the same way newcastle be not really newcastle and this be not really a british die hard and it a love story except for much of the running time the movie meander in lot of direction . for a few minute it think it a crime thriller and then decide it go to be a kitchen sink drama and then get up on it soap box to scream what a terrible place modern britain be . maybe an appropriate title for the movie might have be die hard represent try harder at keep a script focus . it not just the lack of focus that a problem ( though that the main one ) it other thing too . can anyone buy into rob fall in love with chrissy . neither can i . and i notice this be a french co production . perhaps i would have understand the dialogue well if it be speak in fluent french because i have a serious problem make out the broad geordie accent . oh and unsurprisingly the film get come to a halt which lead me to believe the last ten minute end up on the cutting room floor downtime be a very ironic film since it often revolve a lift . lift can only go up or down but this movie move in so many unlikely direction .