{{Short description|2013 British crime thriller film}} {{Distinguish|Fed (disambiguation){{!}}Feds}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Fedz | image = Fedz.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | director = Q | producer = Candice Vetter<br/>Yousaf Uddin | writer = Q | screenplay = | story = | based_on = | narrator = | starring = Q<br/>Joseph Marcell<br/>Wil Johnson | music = Alexander Charles Elliot<br/>Dale Sumner<br/>Duncan Bridgeman | cinematography = Sam Brown<br/>Ciro Candia<br/>James Martin<br/>Peter Emery<br/>Martyna Knitter<br/>Boyd Skinner | editing = Andrew Trotman<br/>Robert Hall<br/>Kant Pan<br/>Peter Hollywood | studio = Top Dog Productions | distributor = Top Dog | released = {{Film date|2013|3|17|Video on demand|2013|1|5|United Kingdom|df=y}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Fedz''''' (originally based on a short film titled '''''Fever''''') is a 2013 British crime thriller film directed by, written by and starring Q, aka Kwabena Manso. The film is about a renegade policeman attempting to investigate a terrorist group intending to release an airborne virus in London.
==Plot== Policeman, Mike Jones (Q), is given information by his athlete friend, Joey (Silvio Simac), about a terrorist group testing a virus on people. Whilst undercover, Mike tries to earn the trust of Slick Pete (Bradley Gardner), who is planning a bank robbery heist. Later Joey is murdered by his girlfriend, Ty (Shanika Warren-Markland), after refusing to throw his next martial arts fight at the request of Fast Eddie (Joseph Marcell). After Mike finds Joey dead and he suspects Ty was involved after seeing her with a few gangsters earlier. He pursues her for information, after she disregards him, he and his partner are followed back to his house by Rizzle (Gary McDonald) and Big D (Micheal White). Everyone except Mike is killed in a shootout, Mike suspects he was set up and resigns. Ty then orders Barry (Richie Campbel) and Tyson (Ashley Chin) to kill Mike.
Mike goes on the run to solve the virus case and obtain the virus antibodies. Whilst Mike is being pursued by his old colleagues, he obtains diaries about drugs the virus has been planted in from sports-coach, Coach McKenzie (Martina Laird). After she is murdered, Mike gives the diaries to a journalist, Trevor McBride (Wil Johnson), who is then kidnapped for ransom money in exchange for the antibodies, tortured and murdered by Razor (Andrew Harrison). After Mike tells Pete that he is a policeman, Pete orders Kent (Leon Herbert) to kill Mike.
For help, Mike visits Shazz (Maya Sondhi), an ex-scientist who is married to his ex-colleague, Ritchie (David Keyes). Ritchie sends Mike away to Jack Huey (Dermot Keaney) in Brighton to be tortured by Razor (Andrew Harrison). Mike escapes and kills Jack and Razor. Mike gives Shazz evidence incriminating Ritchie for her to pass onto Brighton police. Ritchie kidnaps Shazz and holds her hostage for ransom money. Mike enlists the help of a swat team, who help him kill Ritchie's men in a warehouse. Ritchie is then killed by Mike's former superior Whittaker (Justine Powell).
Mike declines Whittaker's offer for his old job. Barry and Tyson are killed by Ty for doing a drug deal on the side, Mike then kills Ty and warns Ty's driver that if Fast Eddie comes back then he will kill him and Fast Eddie, and then employs him as an informant.
Mike plans a holiday to Hawaii and goes back to his flat where he finds Slick Pete and his men, they all point loaded guns at Mike. The film ends as a gunshot is fired.
==Cast== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * Q as Mike Jones * David Keyes as Ritchie * Dexter Fletcher as DS Hunter * Joseph Marcell as Eddie "Fast Eddie" * Wil Johnson as Trevor McBride * Ashley Walters as "Cherokee" Blame * Isabella Calthorpe as Detective Carter * Shanika Warren-Markland as Ty * Maya Sondhi as "Shazz" * Martina Laird as Coach McKenzie * Femi Oyeniran as Detective Harper * Bradley Gardner as Pete "Slick Pete" * Justine Powell as DS Whitaker * Dermot Keaney as Jack Huey * Andrew Harrison as "Razor" * Katia Winter as Alessandra Ragnfrid * Gary McDonald as Rizzle * Richie Campbell as Barry * Ashley Chin as Tyson * Leon Herbert as Kent * Michael Jai White as "Big D" {{div col end}}
==Production and release== thumb|200px|Original short film poster ''Fedz'' was independently produced.<ref name="flavourmag2">{{cite news |last=Phelan|first=Zehra|url=http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/fedz-movie/|title=Fedz Movie OUT NOW!!! @fedzmovie|publisher=Flavour Magazine|date=27 March 2013|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> A short of the film premiered at a Hollywood film festival in Summer 2009. At the time the film was titled ''Fever'', and was used as a test screening on American audiences.<ref name="hollywoodblackff">{{cite news|url=http://hollywoodblackff.bside.com/2009/films/fever_hollywoodblackff2009|title=Fever 2009|publisher=Hollywood Black|year=2009|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325114523/http://hollywoodblackff.bside.com/2009/films/fever_hollywoodblackff2009|archive-date=25 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="itzcaribbean">{{cite news|url=http://www.itzcaribbean.com/film_q_fever.php|title=Award winning Director - Q presents 'FEVER'|publisher=itzcaribbean.com|year=2009|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430185843/http://www.itzcaribbean.com/film_q_fever.php|archive-date=30 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The film was not presented to distributors and due to the demise of distributors; HMV, Blockbuster, and Revolver Entertainment, the producers used various online videos to promote a cinema release.<ref name="flavourmag1">{{cite news |last=Allen|first=Annika|url=http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/q-the-man-behind-deadmeat-there-are-many-causalities-of-war-in-filmmaking-it-is-a-fierce-battle/|title=Q the man behind Deadmeat: "There are many causalities of war in filmmaking, it is a fierce battle"|publisher=Flavour Magazine|date=24 March 2011|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="indiewire">{{cite news|last=Obenson|first=Tambay A.|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/poster-promo-for-brit-crime-thriller-fedz|title=Poster/Promo Trailer For Brit Crime Thriller 'FEDZ' (Ashley Walters, Joseph Marcell Co-Star)|work=IndieWire|date=20 June 2012|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109012803/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/poster-promo-for-brit-crime-thriller-fedz|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="hiphoplifeandtimes">{{cite news |url=http://hiphoplifeandtimes.com/2012/08/11/fedz-movie-soundtrack-sampler-hosted-by-dj-ames-feat-k-koke-logic-usg-akala-many-more-free-dl/|title=FEDZ Movie Soundtrack Sampler Hosted By DJ Ames (Feat K Koke, Logic, USG, Akala & Many More) [FREE D/L]|publisher=Hip-Hop Life and Times|date=11 August 2012|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
However, due to the shift in retail and distribution, the producers decided to test the distribution market place by releasing the film on video on demand. The film was made available to be streamed on the official website.<ref name="flavourmag3">{{cite news |last=Foster|first=Leonard W|url=http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/screen-shots-from-fedz-movie-out-now/|title=Screen shots from Fedz Movie OUT NOW|publisher=Flavour Magazine|date=27 March 2013|access-date=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="voice-online1">{{cite news|last=Hamilton|first=Davina|url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/black-brits-need-support-black-filmmakers|title=Black Brits need to support black filmmakers|publisher=The Voice Online|date=1 May 2013|access-date=20 May 2013|archive-date=3 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503055507/http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/black-brits-need-support-black-filmmakers|url-status=dead}}</ref> on 17 March 2013.<ref name="flavourmag2"/> This was in order for the producers to market and give the audience a second screen experience via their smartphones or iPad. The film has been designed to work interactively with the Shazam and SoundHound applications.<ref name="voice-online2">{{cite news |last=Hamilton|first=Davina|url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/taking-his-q-technology|title=Taking his Q from technology|publisher=The Voice Online|date=8 May 2013|access-date=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="theupcoming">{{cite news |last=Booth|first=Nigel|url=http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2013/11/08/fedz-red-carpet-premiere-at-the-genesis-cinema/|title=Fedz: Red carpet premiere at the Genesis cinema|publisher=The Upcoming|date=8 November 2013|access-date=8 November 2013}}</ref>
A live hangout event was streamed via ''Flavour Magazine'' on Google on 12 April 2013, which featured musicians from the film's soundtrack and guests.<ref name="iamsonothollywood2">{{cite news |url=http://iamsonothollywood.com/2013/04/10/your-exclusive-invitation-to-hangout-with-fedz/|title=Your Exclusive Invitation to Hangout with FEDZ!|publisher=I Am So Not Hollywood|date=10 April 2013|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> A regional cinema tour took place in 2014.
The film premiered at Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel, London on 5 November 2013, which also included live music, featured personal appearances from musicians from the film's soundtrack and guests, and was followed by an after-party.<ref name="theupcoming"/><ref name="towerhamletsarts">{{cite news |url=http://www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk/?guide=Events&cat=11&cid=51576|title=FEDZ MOVIE INTERACTIVE CINEMA SCREENING|location=Tower Hamlets|publisher=Tower Hamlets Council|date=5 November 2013|access-date=5 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="mixtapemadness">{{cite news |last=Chapman|first= Georgina|url=http://www.mixtapemadness.co.uk/blog/articles/fedz-movie-interactive-red-carpet-event/|title=FEDZ MOVIE INTERACTIVE RED CARPET EVENT|publisher=It's A Madness|date=22 October 2013|access-date=5 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="genesiscinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/comingsoon.php|title=Special Events|publisher=Genesis Cinema|date=11 April 2013|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105203758/http://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/comingsoon.php|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="skiddle">{{cite web|url=http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/Genesis-Cinema/FEDZ-MOVIE--AFTER-PARTY-/11970430/|title=FEDZ MOVIE + AFTER PARTY|publisher=Skiddle|date=5 November 2013|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105202449/http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/Genesis-Cinema/FEDZ-MOVIE--AFTER-PARTY-/11970430/|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result |- | rowspan="1"| 2007 | Accolade Competition | Award of Excellence | Q | {{won}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2013 | Official Mixtape Awards<ref name="officialmixtapeawards">{{cite news |url=http://officialmixtapeawards.com/4915/fedz-movie-mixtape-sampler-hosted-by-dj-ames/|title=FEDZ Movie Mixtape Sampler (Hosted By DJ Ames)|publisher=Official Mixtape Awards|date=23 September 2012|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> | Best Mixtape Compilation | DJ Ames<ref name="iamsonothollywood1">{{cite news |url=http://iamsonothollywood.com/2012/10/16/download-fedz-movie-official-mixtape-soundtrack/|title=Download: FEDZ Movie Official Mixtape Soundtrack|publisher=I am So Not Hollywood|date=12 October 2012|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> | {{won}} |- |}
==See also== *''Deadmeat'' *List of hood films
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.fedzmovie.com/}} *{{IMDb title|1327720}} *{{YouTube|j8fiYQ2JoWA|Fedz trailer}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fedz}} Category:2013 films Category:2013 crime thriller films Category:British crime thriller films Category:British independent films Category:Police detective films Category:Films set in the future Category:Black British films Category:Films about viral outbreaks Category:Films about drugs Category:2010s hood films Category:Films about terrorism in Europe Category:Films shot in London Category:Films shot in Berlin Category:Films shot in Los Angeles Category:Films set in London Category:2013 directorial debut films Category:2013 independent films Category:2013 English-language films Category:2013 British films Category:English-language independent films Category:English-language crime thriller films