THE DEBUT film of director Gerard Johnson, upcoming British release Tony has already been compared with the classics Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Taxi Driver.
Unemployed and unemployable, the title character is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache.
His life is interrupted only by his nervous attempts to make friends, which are invariably rebuffed by laughter or contempt. Occasionally he snaps, and violence and murder is the result...
