Cleanskin (2012)

A British secret service agent is faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a British-born suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.

Director:

Hadi Hajaig

Writer:

Hadi Hajaig

Stars:

Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, Abhin Galeya

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Bean	...	Ewan
Charlotte Rampling	...	Charlotte
Abhin Galeya	...	Ash
Tom Burke	...	Mark
Tuppence Middleton	...	Kate
Peter Polycarpou	...	Nabil
Silas Carson	...	Amin
James Fox	...	Scott
Michelle Ryan	...	Emma
Sam Douglas	...	Harry
Tariq Jordan	...	Paul
Chris Ryman	...	Yussif
Glenn Wrage	...	Sgt. Glen Conlan
Mens-Sana Tamakloe	...	Ibrahim
Shivani Ghai	...	Rena

Storyline

Cleanskin: Ewan (Sean Bean) is a British Secret Service Agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a British born Asian suicide bomber Ash (Abhin Galeya) and his terrorist cell, whilst Ash wrestles with his conscience and reflects on his journey to terrorism.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorism | undercover agent | terrorist | terrorist cell | conspiracy | 

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Taglines:

Fight fire with fire

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amenaza terrorista

Filming Locations:

Essex Road, Islington, London, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The UK Film Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One news article has a scrolling text declaring that Spurs have won the Champions League. As of 2018, this still hasn't happened.

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Goofs

During the kitchen fight scene after Ewan is hit with the fire extinguisher while Ash is getting up his stunt back protector is clearly visible. In the next shot it is gone.

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Quotes

Charlotte: You're out of your mind.
Ewan: It's in my nature.

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Connections

References Unforgiven (1992)

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Soundtracks

Trou Noir
Words and Music by Chris Butterworth and Aaron Trinder
Copyright Control
Performed by Le Grande Boofont
Courtesy of U-Freqs Records
Under license from Chris Butterworh and Aaron Trinder

User Reviews

Lingers in the memory

A great performance from not only Sean but also the girl (Tuppence?), and it was nice to see Peter Polycarpou back on our screen!

cleanskin will appeal to a wide audience, not just those who are still recovering from 7/7 (which i couldn't stop thinking about whilst watching) and it's helpful seeing the side from the "good guy" and the side from the "bad guy".

having lived in London when i was younger, it was nice to see some of the landmarks i visited as a kid, so it seems they really went out of their way to keep the realism in the film. it could have easily been filmed in a film studio but it wasn't, which makes it home more for me.

Still the scenes linger in the memory after i watched them.