Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- sizzling
- tense
- gritty
- late night thriller viewing
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film slick, energetic, and strikingly alive, though some felt its early intensity and momentum faded.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Holly is leaving prostitution while Shay enters it, making the profession central to both women's opposing trajectories.
The film's slick, bordering-on-camp presentation places erotic danger inside a vivid, high-pressure thriller register.
Holly's final night and Shay's first night unfold as contrasting paths that collide during the disastrous job.
The plot confines Holly and Shay's encounter to a last night on the job that spirals into escalating peril.
Films like X, and why
Bound
shared erotic thriller framework, criminal danger, and nocturnal urban atmosphere
The Last Seduction
shared exploitation-inflected thriller style, sexual tension, and women-centered criminal peril
Basic Instinct
shared erotic suspense, morally compromised characters, and heightened neo-noir energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Jon Hewitt
- Release Date
- 2011-11-23
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (327)
Cast
- Viva Bianca
- Hanna Mangan Lawrence
- Peter Docker
- Stephen Phillips
- Eamon Farren
- Belinda McClory
- Darren Moss
- Freya Tingley
- Anthony Phelan
- Hazem Shammas
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- YouTube
- Buy
- YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is X about?
- Two women at opposite ends of the sex trade are forced into a perilous overnight escape when a job goes catastrophically wrong.
- What is X like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of X as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is X violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in X as moderate.
- What did critics think of X?
- Critics broadly found the film slick, energetic, and strikingly alive, though some felt its early intensity and momentum faded.
- Which films are like X?
- Films with a similar feel include Bound, The Last Seduction, and Basic Instinct.
- How long is X?
- X runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch X?
- In United States, X is available to rent or buy from YouTube.
