Control (2007)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
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'Box office' girl Hazel (Samantha Morton, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Control"), who has long carried a torch for Caden (and who, in fact, buys a literal house on fire), finally calls his attention to the fact that his family has been gone for over a year.
Sam Riley (“Control”) is perfectly cast as brooding zombie hunter Colonel Darcy, while Matt Smith (of “Doctor Who” fame) steals the show as a comedic, possibly closeted version of Parson Collins.
The darkly mangled premise turns out to be a decent fit for the dourness of iconic hunk Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley, the Joy Division biopic "Control").
Lovely Lily James (a refugee from Downton Abbey) and Sam Riley (yes, Ian Curtis in Control) are forced to spit out an excessive amount of dialogue, which, thanks to the breakneck pacing of the film, gives Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s love-hate romance the feeling of one of those commercials where two people talk at each other as quickly as possible about cell phone plans.
Riley (best known as the doomed Ian Curtis in Control) isn't your typical Mr. Darcy, in that he kind of reminded me of the adult Mordred from Excalibur , which now that I think about it isn't the highest of compliments.
The prologue introduces the famously stiff Mr Darcy (Sam Riley, Control) at a society gathering he has to strip to attend (albeit with an unfortunately leering gay joke).
He (Sam Riley of “Control” and “Maleficent”) is a veteran zombie killer who packs his own flies.