Despite the success of the previous incarnation of SURPRISE last year at the Cambridge Film Festival, a gritty and atmospheric reboot has been planned by showcasing a film with an entirely different director and wholly surprising characters, themes and actors.

By re-examining what it truly means to be unexpected, SURPRISE is guaranteed to leave no stone unsurprised in its search for weapons-grade astonishment. The film confounds expectations and shocks in revelatory ways.

Such is the faith in the film, SURPRISE will screen back to back this year with SURPRISE 2. Continuing with themes of bewilderment, discombobulation and perplexity, the sequel again pulls the rug from under the unsuspecting surprisee by being shockingly unrelated to its flabbergasting predecessor. Although a truly bemusing move, the inconsistency between films is thematically undeviating.

The films will come as an unexpected delight; more startling than a Michael Bay remake of THE TREE OF LIFE and more out-of-the blue than a Quentin Tarantino biopic of Mary Whitehouse. Rumoured to have been given the legendary and much sought Charles Hunt seal of approval, the audience’s jaws will drop when they learn the female characters are neither feisty, bubbly, svelte, a ‘classic femme-fatale’ or played by Sandra Bullock. The direction will inspire rage and awe, the production values are shockingly valued, and the cinematography, plot and actors’ performances will have the viewer struck dumb.

We wouldn’t be all that surprised if both sell out, really.