Father and son Bill and Karl have just been released from jail, but all is not well at Down Terrace. Patriarchs of a small crime family, their business is plagued with infighting: Karl has had more than he can take of his old man's philosophizing and preaching; Bill thinks Karl's dedication to the family is seriously compromised when he takes up with an estranged girlfriend who claims to be carrying his baby; they have to explain the profit drop to the bosses in London and figure out who’s the mole who turned them in. It’s time to clean house. Recrimination, betrayal, murder and a spot of redecorating are quick to follow. Always remember: you’re only as good as the people you know.
DOWN TERRACE breathes new life into the gangster genre by mixing-up family drama in the style of Mike Leigh, The Sopranos’ gangster reality and the body count of a splatter flick, caught with a fly-on-the-wall camera.

Awards
New Wave Award - Austin Fantastic Fest
Best UK Feature - Raindance Film Festival
Raindance Award - British Independent Film Awards
Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Feature - IFF Boston 2010

Festivals
Austin Fantastic Fest
Raindance Film Festival
Brighton Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
San Francisco Indie Fest
Glasgow International Film Festival
Belfast Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
New York New Directors / New Films
Birmingham Flatpack Festival
International Film Festival Boston
Dallas International Film Festival
Wisconsin Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
LA Film Fest
Pifan Puchon Fantastic Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival
Perth Revelation Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Espoo Film Festival

Reviews
****
NOW Magazine, Eye Weekly, Total Film, Film 4, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Sun, The Financial Times, Time Out London, The Daily Telegraph, Little White Lies, Metro, The Scotsmen, Time Out New York

“Stunning. Director Wheatley has mastered playing disparate styles off of each other. Down Terrace’s real ancestry is Greek Tragedy. A gem.” Time Out New York

“Cautically funny.” New York Daily News

“Violent as the Coens... As Vérité as Ken Loach.” New York Magazine

"An underdog triumph.” GreenCine Daily

"A gangster film like no other." Total Film

“Fantastic! If the Sopranos had been cooked up by Mike Leigh instead of David Chase, the result might resemble Down Terrace.” Cinematical

"Funny, psychotic, unmissable." Dazed & Confused

"Fans of The Sopranos will be hard pressed to not come away from Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace with their jaw dropped to the floor." Row Three

“Surreal and sinister, this is a splendid exercise in anti-social realism.” Empire Magazine

“A brilliantly bizarre blend of kitchen sink realism, broad swathes of black comedy and a body count befitting a slasher flick.” Little White Lies

“Exciting. Imagine Mike Leigh directing a deadpan comedy embedded within a British version of The Sopranos.” Spout

“A zingy, caustic first feature.” The Village Voice

“A dark, surprisingly twisty crime fable.” New York Magazine

“My favorite movie of the New Directors/New Films festival. Sublimely understated.” Paste Magazine

"DOWN TERRACE is long on talk but generates its own internal rhythms and pace that makes it feel bracing and vibrantly alive." L.A. Times