For years now, Johnny Flynn has been making a reputation for himself as an thrilling rising British actor in movies like Beast and Operation Mincemeat – however lengthy earlier than he hit the display, he was primarily a people singer. Now, he’s combining each of these abilities in new film The Rating – an intimate Brit heist drama-slash-musical starring Will Poulter and Naomi Ackie (and Flynn himself), with a collection of folksy tunes written by… you guessed it. Take an unique first have a look at the trailer right here.

This is the official synopsis: “Two small time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the ‘rating’ – that they each count on will rework their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they anticipate a hand-over, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to query his life selections, whereas the specter of actual hazard is driving to fulfill them.”

Author/director Malachi Smyth was impressed by an intriguing combo of French New Wave cinema and the indie likes of Paul Thomas Anderson. ‘It was the mix they’d of being very free to experiment, but in addition drawing on the normal Hollywood gangster and western movies of the 30s and 40s that impressed me,” he says. “That mixture, with the added match of European aptitude, resulted in some very distinctive movies.”

Flynn’s soundtrack will likely be launched by EMI within the Autumn, with extra particulars coming quickly, and The Rating will likely be in choose UK cinemas and on demand from 9 September.