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‘Inheritance’ Review: Phoebe Dynevor Chases Her Father’s Love, Pursued by Interpol in Lo-Fi Globetrotting Thriller
Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys Ifans star in 'Inheritance,' a lo-fi espionage thriller that makes good use of being shot entirely on iPhone without permits.
But this latest feature from Neil Burger(“Divergent,” “Limitless,” “The Illusionist”), who co-wrote the script with spy novelist Olen Steinhauer, ultimately transcends mere novelty by having an even smaller-scale gist than you’d expect. While briefly in the hands of his trusted confidante Khalil (Majd Eid), Maya gets another call — now dad is a captive, threatened with death by unknown abductors unless she can retrieve “something they paid for.” Something in the realm of stolen state secrets, we eventually learn. In addition to Jackson Hunt’s cinematography and Nick Carew’s urgent editing pace, the biggest stylistic contributors here are the electronica-leaning score by Paul Leonard-Morgan and music supervisor Joe Rudge’s diverse selection of preexisting tracks.
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