A ticking bomb in the heart of London sets the stage for “ Fuze ,” a taut new British crime thriller from director David Mackenzie. The film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, combines the urgency of a heist film with the dread of an unexploded World War II bomb unearthed at a bustling construction site.

Written by Ben Hopkins, the feature stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthington . As the military and police scramble to evacuate the city against the clock, chaos unfolds across London’s streets.

For Mackenzie, whose credits include the best picture-nominated “Hell or High Water” and “Outlaw King,” the concept was born years ago.

“I wanted to mash up the tensions of the heist movie with an unexploded bomb movie,” Mackenzie

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