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Ewan is a Secret Service Agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber Ash and his terrorist cell, whilst Ash wrestles with his conscience and reflects on his journey to terrorism.
1.9 out of 5 based on 9 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
15 |
| Genre |
Thriller |
| Director |
Hadi Hajaig |
| Cast |
Charlotte Rampling, Abhin Galeya, Sean Bean |
| Studio |
Warner Bros UK |
| Release Date |
March 2012 |
| Running Time |
108 mins |
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Ewan is a Secret Service Agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber Ash and his terrorist cell, whilst Ash wrestles with his conscience and reflects on his journey to terrorism.
Reviews
Empire Magazine
Kim Newman
“A little too protracted to be suspenseful and see-saws between straight-ahead genre movie business and state-of-the-nation sincerity. ”
05/03/2012
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The Times
Wendy Ide
“It’s clear that Hajaig intends the film to be something a little more thoughtful and complex than it initially appears. All of the key characters are damaged and tainted ... And it’s the fact that the film avoids simplification and black and white plotting that makes it, despite its manifold problems, one of the more interesting pictures to deal with terrorism and our response.”
09/03/2012
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Screen
Mark Adams
“Attempts to favour character development over explosions, but despite solid performances never really gets to the core of the subject, and relies far too much on some clumsy flashbacks that hamper the flow of the story.”
08/03/2012
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Time Out
Trevor Johnston
“Bean is one-note (pretty much as usual, then), the performances prove as functional as the action, and while there’s enterprise to admire, the result is plodding, somewhat misbegotten, and never slick enough to sweep us along.”
06/03/2012
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The Financial Times
Nigel Andrews
“The story oscillates like a defective metronome. Now it is with Bean’s story, now with Galeya’s, in variable chunks but never long enough to interest us in either. ”
08/03/2012
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The Independent
Geoffrey MacNab
“The lines between heroes and villains are blurred. Sean Bean's rugged secret agent is every bit as sadistic and brutal as his Muslim terrorist antagonists. ”
09/03/2012
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The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
“The character who’s most fun is an Islamic cleric bent on revolution, played with enjoyable oiliness by Peter Polycarpou, though I couldn’t help thinking his faith would have demanded more facial hair and less designer stubble.”
09/03/2012
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“It plays like a lad-mag fantasy of counterterrorist work, juxtaposing mediocre action scenes with a lot of deadly serious Islamist rhetoric. ”
08/03/2012
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The Sunday Times
Edward Porter
“The film dabbles tastelessly with images redolent of the 7/7 attacks before delivering a fatuously cynical ending.”
11/03/2012
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