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Cleanskin
Fight Fire With Fire
While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and escapes. Ewan's spymasters task Ewan with hunting down the cell members and retrieving the briefcase.
- Original title
- Cleanskin
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Apr 13, 2023 · via TMDB
A young British student (Abhin Galeya) is gradually indoctrinated into a Muslim cell bent on revenge after the "War on Terror", and is pursued by a government agent - Sean Bean - who is pretty much given a clean slate by his boss Charlotte Rampling. The story is told via parallel timelines in which we discover what has driven both men to their current courses of action; and whilst it does use some fairly sweeping stereotypical generalising for plot development, the characterisations delivered by both - especially Galeya - are quite revealing as a potential explanation for extremes in behaviour caused by fear, ignorance and large scale indifference. Regrettably, the dialogue is mundane; and the direction loses focus all to often as we flit between scenarios whilst trying to build up some sort of interest in two rather unlikeable - if good looking - men obsessed with their own perspectives. Rampling features sparingly, as does James Fox, which is a shame as they could have both have been used to further develop the cause and effect toxicity of the storyline. It is worth a watch, but is not particularly original in either concept nor execution.
Gimly
Feb 26, 2019 · via TMDB
It's a format I've seen before in British crime thriller/political intrigue films, a format I'm not particularly fond of, and _Cleanskin_ isn't even a well done example of it. No letdowns in the acting department though, so credit where credit's due. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
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Sean Bean
Ewan
Abhin Galeya
Ash
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte McQueen
Peter Polycarpou
Nabil
Tuppence Middleton
Kate
Tom Burke
Mark
Sam Douglas
Harry
Michelle Ryan
Emma
James Fox
Scott Catesby
Shivani Ghai
Rena
Glenn Wrage
Sergeant Glen Conlan
Silas Carson
Amin
Chris Geere
Nick
Jon Wennington
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Peter Pedrero
Stunt Coordinator
Jonathan Cohen
Stunts
Hadi Hajaig
Director
Hadi Hajaig
Editor
Hadi Hajaig
Producer
John Adams
Production Manager
Hadi Hajaig
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