Ghosted (EIFF)
Ghosted is the term to describe when an inmate suddenly is moved from one prison to another for safety purposes.
A young inmate arrives three months before the end of Jack’s (John Lynch) prison sentence and sparks of a chain of events for him that, well, you know… only means bad things.
The central performance by John Lynch is the best thing about the film, he stands head and shoulders above everyone else and if you find yourself caring for the story, it’s only because he’s so good. Martin Compston, the new prisoner whom Lynch’s character takes under his wing is fairly decent but doesn’t match his heights in The Disappearance of Alice Creed. A familiar face is found in Crag Parkinson, (you might recognise him from Misfits, Whitechapel or Control) and plays Clay; a run-of-the-mill character as the top-dog in the prison and is pretty effective in this role and considering his recent outing in Whitechapel seems like an obvious one.
The film has a decent start-up and even a build-up but unravels towards the end making the ending seems a bit of a convenient one to tie everything up nicely which is a shame because Ghosted could have been more than what it was but instead offered us nothing new. You won’t lose anything if you really like prison dramas and decide to watch this but you won’t gain anything either.