In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.
Critics' Reviews
70
Gerster establishes Tom’s stunted emotional state from the opening, as he raises his head, buried in sand after one of his many drunken nights spent with people he’ll never see again. Early morning tennis sessions with guests at the hotel that employs him feel phoned in, barely embellished with the little enthusiasm he can muster from behind sunglasses. Riley fully inhabits his character’s anhedonia, surrendering to a mostly unchanged dramatic register no matter what faces him. That mode can at times make his performance feel frustratingly one-note, because there are barely any spikes of anger or deep dejection in Tom. Only a timid and rehearsed half-smile crosses his face on occasion.
Full Cast of Islands
Agnes Lindström Bolmgren
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- Released January 30, 2026