Directed by Martin Owen.
Starring Raff Law, Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett, David Walliams, Rita Ora, Leigh Francis, Noel Clarke, and Jason Maza.
SYNOPSIS:
Fagin (Michael Caine), Dodge (Rita Ora) and Sykes (Lena Headey) are plucked from the pages of the Charles Dickens novel and dropped into contemporary London. With art theft, parkour and East London chicanery, this retelling has more than a
Twist or two.
Charles Dickens was both a prolific storyteller and cultural documentarian, who has been translated into every conceivable language.
Oliver Twist, one of his numerous novels, was most famously adapted in 1968 with Mark Lester in the title role and Ron Moody on scene stealing form as Fagin. Twenty first century
The pitch for
Twist would have sold itself. Itâs
Oliver Twist, see, but with the emphasis on âtwistâ. The twist is the setting has been updated into the present, which isnât such a bad idea: the story of an innocent orphan boy plunged into a criminal underworld wouldnât need that much tweaking to be credible in todayâs London.
 Sophie Simnett and Rafferty Law are Nancy and Oliver in Twist.
But this isnât your granddadâs
Oliver Twist, no sir. As an opening voiceover promises: âThereâs no singing, no dancing, and definitely no happy ending.â Of course, Dickens didnât have two out of three of those either â but ironically, what follows has the exact faux-edgy vibe of a 2008 musical about a youth dance crew, with the ensemble cast sporting cartoonishly colourful streetwear and B-boying replaced by parkour chases.