In what might be his best acting role since Control (2007), Sam Riley stars as a tennis coach at a Fuerteventura resort who gets wrapped up in an absorbing missing person mystery. Retired tennis pro Tom (Sam Riley) once beat Rafa Nadal. This could be a classic film noir set-up: the dissolute dupe falling hook, line and sinker for a duplicitous femme fatale. It’s a juicy role for Sam Riley, maybe his best since Control (2007). If the classic noir scenario is predicated on the dangerous allure of illicit sex, Islands turns this on its head.