this be a script which must have appeal on paper to the actor there lot and lot of snappy dialogue but the pacing and structure and action sequence be woeful and in the end it leave paul mcgann and susan lynch and tom georgeson and to name but three and in limbo and mouth silly platitude at the end and embarrass themselves and u in the process . so who to blame the writer or the director . and how come those producer from channel 4 etc get involve . couldn not they suss out this dog beforehand . the photography ( from tony imi ) be dark and gloomy and appropriately enough and a most of the film be set in a filthy tenement lift shaft and but it make for an unrelievedly gloomy look . there little attempt to show life and character other than during the action . the film be mainly a real time story and with a prequel where the two protagonist meet cute she hang off a balcony and he sort of try to rescue her . then we go to real time lift shaft fun and follow by some truly mawkish stuff in the hospital at the end . poor tom georgeson be give no real motivation for his action . paul mcgann do what he can with the script but he play such a ditz that one feel he would be good off in some nursing home for the terminally frighten . he also call upon to do illogical and stupid thing ( what a surprise and in this film ) . susan lynch play with energy but again and it a cardboard character with no reality and derive from memory of hollywood film and television sitcom . again and she have to crawl up and down steel cable ( a one so frequently do ) whilst dress in a slip of a dress and a cardigan .