''uwantme2killhim?'' (also known as ''U Want Me 2 Kill Him?'' and stylised as ''Uwantme2killhim?'') is a 2013 British thriller film directed by Andrew Douglas. The film stars

Jamie Blackley Jamie Alexander Blackley (born 8 July 1991) is a British actor. He is known for his role as Adam Wilde in the film '' If I Stay''. Biography Blackley was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, and was raised in London, England, with his father Martin, m ...

and

Toby Regbo Toby Finn Regbo (born 18 October 1991) is an English actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his role as young Nemo Nobody in the science fiction drama '' Mr. Nobody'', as Francis II of France on The CW series ''R ...

and premiered at the

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, where the two actors won the ''Best Performance in a British Feature Film'' award. The film is loosely based on a true story and follows two teenage schoolboys who are drawn into a complicated world of online chatrooms, eventually leading to bizarre consequences.

Plot

In 2003, Detective Inspector Sarah Clayton (

Joanne Froggatt Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is a British actress. From 2010 to 2015, she portrayed Anna Bates in the ITV period drama series ''Downton Abbey''. For this role, she received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a ...

) tries to establish why British schoolboy Mark (

) would want to stab John (

). The two were supposed to be friends, yet Mark claims that the crime was necessary. As she looks deeper into the crime and the two teenagers, she discovers that Mark frequented chatrooms and became fascinated with Rachel (

Jaime Winstone Jaime Margaret Winstone (born 6 May 1985) is an English actress, best known for her roles in '' Kidulthood'', '' Dead Set'', '' After Hours'' and her portrayal of Barbara Windsor in ''Babs''. Early life and education Winstone was born in Camd ...

), a woman he met in one such room. With her prompting, he agrees to make friends with her brother John. Mark quickly begins to fall for her, sympathising with her tales of

domestic abuse Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for '' intimate partne ...

by her boyfriend Kevin (Mingus Johnston) while believing that they cannot meet because she is in a

witness protection program Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require p ...

. Mark is horrified when John informs him that Kevin has killed Rachel, and he begins planning revenge against Kevin. Mark's sanity has been slowly coming apart, culminating in his beginning his plans to stab John after a chat with Janet ( Liz White), an

MI5 The Security Service, also known as MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), G ...

agent, who tells him that John is a person of interest to the agency. It is eventually revealed that John

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the entire plot and that there is no Rachel or Janet, and that he pretended to be various people in order to get to Mark.

Cast

as Mark *

as John *

as DI Sarah Clayton * Liz White as Janet *

as Rachel *

Mark Womack Mark Edward Womack (born 9 January 1961) is an English actor, known for starring in '' Liverpool 1'', '' Sorted'' and Willy Russell's ''Dancin thru' The Dark''. In 2020, he appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as DI Mark Malone. Person ...

as Mark's Dad *

Amy Wren Amy Wren (born 14 October 1989) is an English actress. Personal life Wren attended ''Parsnips Youth Theatre'' in Harborough for four years. She was featured in the ''Mail'' in July 2006, when she and two others from Parsnips were chosen to be ...

as Zoey *

Louise Delamere Louise Alexandra Delamere (born 17 June 1969) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Lia in the Channel 4 comedy drama ''No Angels'' and Colette Sheward in the BBC medical drama '' Holby City''. Career Delamere appeared in ''Agatha ...

as Mark's Mum * James Burrows as Ryan Robins * Stephanie Leonidas as Kelly * Mingus Johnston as Kevin

Reception

Critical reception for ''uwantme2killhim?'' was mixed to positive. Common praise in the reviews typically centre upon Blackley and Regbo's acting, with the '' Screen Daily'' commenting that the two delivered "strong performances". Other reviews questioned the film's need to repeat plot elements and the believability of some of the scenes.

Awards

*2013

, ''Best performance in a British feature film Award''

References

External links

Official website (Archive copy)
* {{IMDb title, 0485061 2013 thriller films British thriller films British films based on actual events Films about witness protection Films set in 2003 Films set in the United Kingdom Films produced by Steve Golin Films produced by Bryan Singer Films shot at Elstree Film Studios 2010s English-language films 2010s British films