Starring: David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, Aidan Gillen, Natascha McElhone, Sara Lloyd-Gregory
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Rated: 8/10
From the United Kingdom comes Thorne: Sleepyhead, a modern and disturbingly realistic mystery about a sharp detective hunting for a serial killer that reminds him all too clearly of one of his early investigations that went terribly wrong.
David Morrissey stars as detective inspector Tom Thorne, a brilliant officer trying to find a serial killer who has killed three women so far. Drugging the victims in a way that causes terrible strokes, Thorne believes he could solve the case thanks to Alison, played by Sara Lloyd-Gregory, a victim who has survived the killer’s torture, but is suffering from “locked-in” syndrome, which has rendered her unable to move, speak, or even blink.
As Thorne delves into the case, everything begins to remind him of one of his own first cases that haunts him to this day–something so terrible that it remains a secret that only his best friend knows about and has helped him cover up for all these years.
