It might be called a social thriller a tightly knit suspense film that reveals more of the lives of immigrants in London than the most scrupulously earnest documentaries.

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The suspense of the film's last 20 minutes, created by the many angles at the director's disposal and the expert editing by Gregers Sall and Chris King, is such that when Senna's car flies off the track into a wall at 190 mph, fracturing his skull, it's almost a relief.

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But, if you are looking for a breathless moment of suspense as the gold envelope with the results of Best Film is ripped open, you are probably not going to get it.

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He wrote the screenplay for John Huston's film Moby Dick and scripts for many TV series, including Suspense, The Alfred Hitchcock Show and The Twilight Zone.

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Suspense is actually just one of the many ways in which computer games are becoming more film-like.

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