The Toll
Brendan works solitary shifts at the quietest toll booth in Wales, concealing a criminal past that nobody would ever look for. When his past is finally uncovered, word of his whereabouts leaks out and his enemies make their way west to exact revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic officer Catrin, investigating a straightforward robbery, finds herself en route to the toll booth at the precise wrong moment.
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Teresa Orlando
Aisling Hughes
Simon Hawland
Rhiannon Tate
Ryan Andrew Hooper
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Now I'm usually a fan of Welsh movies. They usually excel at making me laugh, and at not taking themselves at all seriously. Well this one - not so much! Michael Smiley ("Brendan") mans a remote toll port-a-cabin in west Wales where he is lucky to see three or four cars per day. Why would anyone want such a dull job? Well local police officer "Catrin" (Annes Elwy) arrives at his booth one night and he proceeds to explain all about his somewhat dodgy criminal past, and soon we are immersed in a retrospective style feature involving kidnapping, murder and the theft of some iDrops! The comedic elements, and there are some, raise a smile for a few minutes but that doesn't sustain 80 minutes as the film quite quickly runs out of steam. Iwan Rheon is underused, and the soundtrack offers us hope of an ending that simply doesn't deliver. The dialogue is unnecessarily ripe at times, there's little shock or entertainment value in that anymore - we are all just to anaethetised to it now. Clearly a labour of love for Matt Redd and Ryan Hooper, and I suppose that this is the kind of low budget film that the BFI ought to be funding; but just wait til it gets onto the small screen. No need at all to see this at a cinema.
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The directors of The Toll are Teresa Orlando, Aisling Hughes, Simon Hawland, Rhiannon Tate, and Ryan Andrew Hooper.
The cast of The Toll includes Michael Smiley as Toll Booth, Julian Glover as Magnus, Gary Beadle as Elton, Steve Oram as Mr Henry, Darren Evans as Tab, Paul Kaye as Cliff, Iwan Rheon as Dom, Gwyneth Keyworth as The Triplets, Evelyn Mok as Dixie, Dan Renton Skinner as Sergeant Simon, Annes Elwy as Catrin, Dewi Morris as Pops, and more.
The duration of The Toll is 1h 23 mins.
Yes. The Toll has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Tollbooth - Official Trailer. Watch them on this page.
The Toll was released on 05 Aug 2021.
The Toll is listed under Comedy, Thriller, and Crime on Fanbiz.
The Toll has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Now I'm usually a fan of Welsh movies. They usually excel at making me laugh, and at not taking themselves at all seriously. Well this one - not so much! Michael Smiley ("Brenda..."
