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

1 nomination.

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
Shivaani Ghai	...	Rena (as Shivani Ghai)

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:

terrorist | terrorism | undercover agent | secret agent | secret service agent | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Hadi Hajaig's intention was to make a commercial thriller.

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Goofs

In the news sequence near the end of the film, one of the scrolling headlines says "Spurs win Champions League Final" and then another says "Battle for Xmas No.1 hots up". The Champions League final is always in May, so it's unlikely that the news for that day would contain anything about the Xmas No.1

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Quotes

Ewan: I love my country. I'd kill for it and I'd die for it.
Charlotte: Good for you.

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Connections

Featured in Projector: Cleanskin (2012)

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Soundtracks

Out of Time
Words and Music by Damon Albarn, Alex James (as Steven James) and Dave Rowntree (as David Rowntree)
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by Blur
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd

User Reviews

Came out of now where

what a great film, especially as I really was not expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. It did not start off like your usual kind of terrorist, hunt and eliminate movie. Almost a few stories going on at once, I thought it was good character development, you have to concentrate to keep up in between the present and past sequences, but that's what made this film different in its style and approach of the topic. I sure we can say that the main terrorist is certainly dead, no no chance of bringing him back, but I would like to see the character of the secret agent continued in a secondary movie with a new task at hand and a cleaned up loyal team (not to give to much away). for my part, I enjoyed this film, like the opening scene, and the end conclusion especially, didn't see it coming at all, although i'm probably not the quickest film analyst on here. Nice, gritty British thriller with an attractive directing style and plot build up.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cleanskin

Filming Locations:

Essex Road, Islington, London, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP2,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$79,664

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