Sleuth

Obey The Rules

Directed by critically-acclaimed director Kenneth Branagh, Jude Law and two-time Oscar-winner Michael Caine (1987, Best Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her Sisters; 2000, Best Supporting Actor, Cider House Rules) join forces in this sharp-witted, modern adaptation of the 1972 classic, Sleuth.

Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke (Caine) and Milo Tindle (Law) come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with. But as wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle's game of one-upmanship spirals out of control, in an escalating chess match that can have only one outcome: murder.

Critic Reviews:

• " The script includes a verbal motif that reminds us of what binds the film's four central talents together: ‘I want to show you something.’ " – Peter Canavese

• " This film wants only to entertain, and other talents have gathered with Pinter to help. " – Stanley Kauffmann

• " Caine and Law are terrific together, verbally circling each other like panthers ready to pounce. " – Jean Lowerison