4.3.2.1

The title of this flashy thriller refers to four girlfriends, three days, two cities, and one chance. 4.3.2.1 opens with an apparent suicide before rewinding to present the same weekend from each girl's perspective. While extroverted sexpot Kerrys (Shanika Warren-Markland) is hanging out in a London eatery, a thief tries to steal her purse, so Kerrys takes a course of action which inadvertently involves her in a gang heist. That night, moody graffiti artist Shannon (Ophelia Lovibond) receives some bad news, so she heads to a bar to drown her sorrows. Afterward, she ends up in a skirmish with hoodlums—until a black-clad woman sends them scattering and allows Shannon to change in her high-rise. Shannon thinks it's an act of kindness, but the woman is actually looking for stolen diamonds. The second city enters the picture when Cassandra (Tamsin Egerton), a virginal pianist, flies to New York to audition for music school and to share a night of passion with an online flame, but he steals her belongings (Kevin Smith and Eve play two locals who help her out). While Cassandra is away, Kerrys and her girlfriend stay in Cassandra's fancy flat, where her half-brother throws a raucous party after locking the pair in the panic room. The last friend is American-born Jo (Emma Roberts), who works in an all-night market, where the four story strands come together. Filmmakers Mike Davis and Noel Clarke's fractured narrative is a jigsaw puzzle full of coincidences, but it's often a fun ride. A strong optional purchase. (K. Fennessy)