Actor Spotlight, Benedict Cumberbatch, Getting To Know Our Favorite Actors, Short Films

LITTLE FAVOUR

September 5, 2019 Screamers Leave a comment

Editor’s note: To my fellow fans, sorry for the delay, I’ve been extremely busy getting ready for my convention Retro Con in less than two weeks! Sherlock Convention wise, we’re still working on it! The location has been picked, the dates we’re still working on… Follow convention updates on our group page: The Game Is Never Over [The Unofficial Sherlock Convention] Above photo of Benedict in Little Favour 2013.

Until things slow down, enjoy this spotlight on one of my favorite Cumberbatch short films!

In Little Favour we meet Wallace (Benedict Cumberbatch), a special ops-type guy who is approached by an old colleague named James (Colin Salmon) in order to make good on a lingering debt. James is currently at the wrong end of a bad deal and needs help to protect his most precious asset. However, some favors ask more of us than others – as Wallace quickly learns when he is plunged headfirst into the midst of the threat James is up against.

Written and directed by Patrick Viktor Monroe, Little Favour is a film that hits all the right marks of a great short. At approximately twenty minutes long, it tells a dark and thrilling espionage tale with (albeit mostly implied) depth, good character and narrative development, themes, symbolism, and some slick action and surprising twists, to boot. What’s not to like?

Monroe’s script, as stated above, strikes perfect chords of resonance, logic, and organic emotion, creating a situation that is grounded and wholly believable within the super-spy world the film creates; the dialogue, while sparse, is smart and well-balanced in its heightened reality gravitas. Monroe’s direction is sleek, the shots well-conceived and framed – while cinematographer James Friend (Truth or Die) creates a vividly dark and gritty tone that gives the film an appropriately rough (but beautiful) edge.