Cleanskin (2012)
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Duration: 108 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Hadi Hajaig
Stars: Sean Bean, Tom Burke and Charlotte Rampling
IMDb score:
6,2 (21.625)
Releasedate: 8 March 2012
Cleanskin plot
"Fight Fire With Fire"
When a suitcase with explosives is captured by terrorists, London turns into a battlefield after a number of terrible bombings. Ewan (Sean Bean) is sent along with Mark (Tom Burke) on a deadly mission to track down and take out the terrorists. Ewan is a hard-boiled ex-soldier working for the British Secret Service. He has lost his wife in a similar terrorist attack and all he cares about is getting revenge. It becomes a race against time as Ewan goes over corpses and finds out that not everything is as it seems.
Actors and actresses
Ewan
Ash
Charlotte McQueen
Nabil
Kate
Mark
Harry
Emma
Scott Catesby
Rena
Reviews & comments
flaphead
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- 852 messages
- 982 votes
typical west vs muslim film, which is quite disappointing. the opening scene is interesting, but unfortunately will not get a sequel. especially in the beginning I missed the cohesion and it felt too much like separate fragments. the first flashback is just bad (showing how the muslim terrorist started his actions, which basically means he was jealous of his girlfriend. right.) and misses the mark. you don't really bond with any of the characters and therefore lacks the power to get carried away.
the set-up and idea are fine, as are the imaging and the acting. but the elaboration is simply not enough to put down a convincing thriller. Unfortunately.
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Spetie
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- 38871 messages
- 8247 votes
Cleanskin stands out especially because it deepens the story of the villain and manages to clarify it, by showing a number of flashbacks of this person. This will give you a better impression of the mindset of such a person. That was good and quite exciting.
Unfortunately, the life of the other main character is a bit underexposed. Sean Bean does not do it bad, but does not know how to give his character the necessary swing. In addition, there is a far-fetched conspiracy story about the British secret service that is not completely watertight and which takes away quite a bit of the power of the villain's story.
Too bad, because there would certainly have been a lot more residents here.
2.5*
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DutchTakeshiro
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- 366 messages
- 2235 votes
Not particularly good, and not particularly bad. That pretty much typifies Cleanskin. It's actually thirteen out of a dozen. I hadn't heard of the movie before I happened to see it on Netflix. In the meantime, quite a few films have been made with terrorism as their subject. Cleanskin makes good use of a number of flashbacks and this way the viewer learns more about the antagonist, especially to find out motives.
It is a pity that the protagonist has little background information. it would have been smart to have both the antagonist and protagonist flashbacks. That way, this movie as a whole would have made more sense. Sean Bean is on the automatic tour and that's not really a bad thing. This means that there is nothing to report about Bean, in principle any actor could have taken over his role.
the script is a bit rushed in my opinion, they should have learned more from other movies with the same theme. It feels a bit sloppy: an important plot twist makes the film even worse, and that's a shame. Other than that, there's nothing startling to say. The film has a nice modern feel and flows well.
3*
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