Waz

Original title: w Delta z

2007
18
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

9.5K

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Stellan Skarsgård and Melissa George in Waz (2007)

A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.

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A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

9.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trucker
(as Peter Balance)

Sally Hawkins

Elly Carpenter

Lauren Hood

Sharon Williams

Caroline Lee-Johnson

Gillian
(as Caroline Lee Johnson)

Sean Brian Chipango

Jamal Osman
(as Brian 'Saen' Jordan)
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Sheila Kerr

Alison Lerner

Michael Liebmann

Wesley Smith
(as Michael Liebman)

Joshua O'Gorman

Dominic Carpenter

Alibe Parsons

Miss Allaway

Robert D. Phillips

Captain Maclean
(as Robert Phillips)

Director
- Tom Shankland
Writer
- Clive Bradley
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The original script was set in the United Kingdom.

Goofs
When Detective Jackson is looking through Daniel Leone's criminal history, one of the entries states that he was charged with possession of "crystal methadone." There is no such substance. It would either be crystal methamphetamine or simply methadone - most likely the former.

Quotes
Gelb: [explaining the W Delta Z equation] The selfish gene...
Helen Westcott: Go on.
Gelb: You think a bird will sacrifice itself for the flock, or a bee will sting a predator and die for the hive? How noble. How heroic.
Helen Westcott: And it isn't true?
Gelb: No, it isn't true. Suppose you put a snake into the cage and one of the monkeys is a hero - yeah, lures it away, lets it eat him. But it's not heroism. It's not selflessness. Forget the bees. Forget the monkey. The monkey's nothing. Just think what the monkey's made of.
Helen Westcott: What's that?
Gelb: Genes. The monkey is just the gene's way of making copies of itself. All these monkeys, they're all related. They all share their genes. So the monkey dies. What do the genes care? That's what Price proved. There's no altruism in nature. It's just genes looking after themselves. Ha.

Crazy credits
The end credits roll while a proof of the Price equation shows up.

Connections
References Wonder Woman (1975)

Soundtracks
Hostile
Written by Diamond/Hall/McTiernan
Performed by Machine W!elding Weapons
Published by A7 Music
Courtesy of 7PM Management

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Altruistic Nightmare!

Bodies have started turning up with W∆Z carved into their skin, cops Eddie Argo (Stellan Skarsgård) and Helen Westcott (Melissa George) investigate and find something truly disturbing is afoot.

It's cut from the same cloth as Saw, Seven and to a degree Hostel, in that it's torture pornish in narrative essence, and aesthetically grim with its neo-noir greens and browns. Tom Shankland's movie is undeniably bleak, but sift through the blood and the grime and you find there's an intelligent film at work, one that opens up an uncomfortable can of worms about human nature. But of course if you like it bloody and mean, then that is served up with relish as well, with all the key scenes packing an emotional whack to go with the jolts.

Brains to go with the splatter, some very smart photography (Morten Søborg) and engaging lead performances, these all lift this above average. If only it hadn't cheapened things down with the daft finale then this would have garnered more support in horror circles. 6/10