eil Marshall carved out a legacy on the 00s horror and , but his recent film work – notably 2019’s hopeless – has delivered diminishing returns. This swaggering revenge thriller follows the titular Duchess (Charlotte Kirk, also co-writing and producing) as she seeks retribution for the death of her gangster boyfriend. Marshall's horror instincts serve the gory action well, but the overbearing narration and try-hard dialogue soon grate. The overall impression is of a crude Brit flick left over from the post- era.
