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A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

Release Date : 2014-10-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BFIScreen YorkshireCreative ScotlandWarp FilmsCrab Apple FilmsFilm4 Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Gary Hook

Original Name : Jack O'Connell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Sandy Browning

Original Name : Sean Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Leslie Lewis

Original Name : Paul Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Armitage

Original Name : Sam Reid

Gender : Male

Character Name : C.O.

Original Name : Sam Hazeldine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sean Bannon

Original Name : Barry Keoghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brigid

Original Name : Charlie Murphy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eamon

Original Name : Richard Dormer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Quinn

Original Name : Killian Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corporal

Original Name : Babou Ceesay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boyle

Original Name : David Wilmot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Haggerty

Original Name : Martin McCann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thommo

Original Name : Jack Lowden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orla

Original Name : Valene Kane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy

Original Name : Adam Nagaitis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl

Original Name : Joshua Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jake Fullarton

Original Name : Barry Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCann

Original Name : Aaron Monaghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : O'Brien

Original Name : Liam McMahon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Training Corporal

Original Name : Paul Popplewell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant John Vickers

Original Name : Jim Sturgeon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lillian Hughes

Original Name : Denise Gough

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sean's Mum

Original Name : Dawn Bradfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sean's Little Sister

Original Name : Eabha MacCabe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny

Original Name : Paul Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ruc Man

Original Name : Ben Peel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barracks Officer

Original Name : Jonah Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Huge Man

Original Name : Gerard Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother in Raided House

Original Name : Amy Molloy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Loyalist Child

Original Name : Corey McKinley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Older Loyalist

Original Name : Chris Patrick-Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Good Samaritan

Original Name : Cathy White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Emmet Kirwan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Large Soldier

Original Name : Tom Cowling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Boy at Riot

Original Name : Aaron Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : RUC Man

Original Name : Andy Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warden

Original Name : Peter McNeil O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Darren

Original Name : Harry Verity

Gender : Male

Character Name : Recruitment Soldier

Original Name : Ben Williams-Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Younger Loyalist Man

Original Name : Terence Keeley

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-03-17

Though neither he nor Sean Harris should ever be described as particularly versatile actors, Jack O'Connell really does work well in this brutal and gritty drama. He ("Hook") is a soldier who becomes separated from his unit after a riot on the streets of Belfast sees his colleague shot in the head, and him pursued - unarmed - through an hostile urban terrain. He's been injured, is disorientated and is under no illusion that there are men chasing him from the Provisionals who want to kill him. What now ensues is a really tensely directed and sparingly written depiction of just how the "troubles" might have impacted on people of both religious persuasions at the time. Even those passionate about unionism or republicanism need not necessarily agree on the role of violence in their struggle, and as we follow "Hook" we encounter a variety of people whose sense of pity and human decency is as important as anything else. The photography also adds richness and intimacy to the scenario - largely filmed hand-held, at night by streetlight, and there is a real and increasing sense of jeopardy here. Will the boy make it or not? Politically, it goes some way to illustrating that nothing in this Province was as straightforward as it might seem - people with conflicting (and self) interests frequently throwing obstacles in his way that are as unwelcome as they ought to be unexpected. Speculative? Sure, it has to be - I doubt we will ever really know all of the truths from this conflict, but O'Connell, Sam Reid and Harris help deliver a complex and quite frightening observation of activities taking place quite recently in one of the world's oldest and most functional democracies.