Meaney shines in 'Three and Out'

Direrctor: Jonathan Gershfield

Cast: Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crook, Gemma Arterton

Cert: 15

Somewhere in here there is a decent story struggling to emerge … not a great story, mind, but one that could have earned the film a couple more stars.

Crook plays a London underground driver who learns that if he hits three tube travelers he’ll be paid off with a substantial hand-out – which seems a curious, if tempting arrangement.

He’s already hit two, so he starts looking for his third, finding the target in a deadbeat Irishman (the always-watchable Meaney) with suicidal tendencies.

It’s a film that isn’t certain what it wants to be, though its plus points include a good performance from Meaney.

Star Rating: 2/5.