Puritan
Starring: Nick Moran, Georgina Rylance, David Soul, Ralph Brown
Director: Hadi Hajaig
The film: Fledgling independent British filmmaker Hadi Hajaig wears his heart on his sleeve for this second effort. Puritan pays ample homage to the works of film noir - a genre that has mostly faded from our screens after its heyday in the 1950s and 60s.
And noir's staple characters are there for all to see. There's the troubled hero, the femme fatale and even the mystery man who seems to control the fates of everyone else involved.
What Hajaig does to update things somewhat is throw in a healthy dose of the dark arts, with the occult's shadowy presence haunting the whole production. His script attempts to lead you this way and that, and he gets most things right.