Joy Division whets the appetite for more

There are moments of great brilliance in Joy Division (Momentum, €24.99), Reg Traviss’ directorial debut.

Thomas (Ed Stoppard) is a young German captured at the end of World War II who turns up in 1960s London, this time as a KGB agent.

Thomas’s complicated life is revealed through flashbacks which occasionally mar the film’s continuity.

However, there are compensations: the battle scenes in Berlin, Bernard Hill as Thomas’s London contact and the Cold War scenario with spies and intrigue.

A promising beginning for Traviss whets the appetite for more.

Extras include an audio commentary, deleted scenes, a making of featurette and a short film.

Drama

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