Review: Fast, Clever and Satisfying, 'Fuze' Is a Throwback Thriller with a Ticking Time Bomb

Review: Fast, clever and satisfying, 'Fuze' is a throwback thriller with a ticking time bomb

Scottish director David Mackenzie ("Hell or High Water," "Relay") specializes in tough, tight genre films and his latest — a bomb plot plus a heist — doesn't disappoint.

‘Fuze’ Review: David Mackenzie’s Literal Ticking Time Bomb Thriller Isn’t Sure What to Do After Detonating

Aaron Taylor-Johnson gives a movie-star performance as a bomb detonation specialist in the British Army, but this thriller doesn't stick the landing on a clever premise.

Fuze Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James star in this tense thriller

PLOT: An unexploded WWII bomb buried in central London is used by a group of thieves to cover up a multimillion-dollar heist. REVIEW: Director David Mackenzie, after several years away following his period epic Outlaw King, is back. Between this one and his last movie, Relay, he seems bent on resurrecting nineties-style, high-concept thrillers. I, for one, welcome this notion, as Fuze is another expertly crafted thriller that keeps you guessing …

FUZE Review: Breezy, Undemanding, Tense Entertainment

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, and Theo James star in director David Mackenzie's thriller. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Film Review: 'Fuze' is Another Intense Thriller From David Mackenzie

StudioCanal There are few more classical aspects to a thriller than the unexploded bomb. Alfred Hitchcock spoke of a bomb under the table in terms of escalating tension, so whether it’s a literal bomb or a metaphorical one, being able to raise the pulse of an audience is paramount. With Fuze, David Mackenzie has a literal unexploded bomb at the center of a bank heist flick, which could be a hat on a hat in the wrong hands. Luckily, despite its c…