14/03/2025
"Antidote"
Will be broadcast on Channel 4 on 27th March (under the title Kill List: Hunted by Putin's Spies). Please do watch if you can.
“Unnerving... A real life thriller"
The Hollywood Reporter
“From its very first moments, Antidote unspools like a propulsive thriller. Director James Jones’ galvanizing documentary moves at a fast speed to tell its high-stakes story about Vladimir Putin’s Russia, contemporary investigative journalism and the people who put their lives in jeopardy"
Variety
“I doubt I’ll see a better or more important documentary this year than Antidote. Every single second is absolutely riveting.”
Aisle Seat
"A story that demands to be heard."
Roger Ebert
“Gripping and powerful... like a Hollywood thriller, the film has a Michael Mann-like dynamism and pathos."
The Guardian
"Awe-inspiring... Nothing less than chilling - and chillingly representative of the current world order."
The Financial Times
A deeply immersed and urgent film that reveals the cost of standing up to Vladimir Putin and telling the truth about modern Russia. It follows a whistleblower from inside Russia’s poison programme as he attempts to escape, a prominent political activist who is poisoned twice and now stands trial f...
