Jack Stracken flees London with $10m in cash after the murder of his trophy wife Veronique (Ronny) in a bungled pay-off. He ends up in a sleepy coastal outpost in Norway under the midnight sun, hiding from Ronny’s ex-lover and killer, Karim, who is still at large. He lives a solitary, lonely existence, fearful of discovery and haunted by memories of Ronny and how she died. He punctuates his days drinking, shooting golf balls and taking walks along the fjord where he plays text chess in an abandoned chapel with Fleet, the one contact he retains from his former life. At night he watches old footage of his Prime League soccer team, Drayton United FC, the cash cow he bought into with Ronny. 

One evening Jack encounters a local girl (Page) in a bar who he vaguely recognizes but cannot place. Later, Page visits his cabin. Refusing to reveal her identity, she betrays knowledge of Jack’s past before physically assaulting him. Is Page after his money, has she been sent by Karim or is it just coincidence?

Page compels Jack to unravel his past as her real identity becomes his driving obsession. Page makes no blackmail demands, instead forcing a reluctant Jack to confront a truth he’s been denying. Ronny appears to be the victim of a violent chain of events that begins with their decision to borrow money from Karim to buy into Drayton Utd, a debt they cannot repay, and ends with Jack traumatized after Ronny’s kidnap and murder. But Page reveals the dark corners of Jack’s relationship with Ronny, a ruthless manipulator who is way too much for Jack to handle.

Dark Corners is a psychological Euro thriller with a double-twist set in two locations – the city and the coast. Exploring themes of obsession, guilt and the nature of truth, the film is in the same vein as Memento, Don’t Look Now and The Machinist. It explores the fragility of human relationships and whether we can ever escape our past. For the more we lie to ourselves, the greater our debt to the truth.

All roads lead to Ronny and his wife’s ultimate betrayal emerges as Jack pieces together his memory. She did a deal with Karim to spare Jack’s life and grab a slice of the football club for herself. In return she agreed to come back to Karim, return his money and make sure Jack is humiliated. For the plan to work they needed a decoy. That decoy was Page and when the pay-off goes wrong, Jack kills Page not Ronny. This is Jack’s trauma. The killing of an innocent, a victim of Ronny’s betrayal.

In the end, Jack, clear-headed for the first time, leads Karim to his Norwegian hideout for a final showdown, promising him the $10m from the pay-off. The resulting shoot-out leaves Jack at Karim’s mercy. But as Karim is about to end Jack’s life, he is shot and killed by Ronny. Yet, despite being reunited after three years, Jack and Ronny cannot repair their broken relationship, for too much damage has already been done…