Turks & Caicos (2014)

Worricker is a retired spy living in the Caribbean. He realizes he is in trouble when four "businessmen" show up. They look like mob bosses, but one actually works for the CIA. He gets help from two former MI5 colleagues back in London.

Director:

David Hare

Writer:

David Hare

Stars:

Winona Ryder, Christopher Walken, Bill Nighy

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Winona Ryder	...	Melanie Fall
Christopher Walken	...	Curtis Pelissier
Bill Nighy	...	Johnny Worricker
Hansel Piper	...	Aldous Helier
Dylan Baker	...	Gary Bethwaite
James Naughton	...	Frank Church
Zach Grenier	...	Dido Parsons
Julie Hewlett	...	Natalie Helier
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Margot Tyrrell
Rupert Graves	...	Stirling Rogers
Sally Greenwood	...	Singer
Ewen Bremner	...	Rollo Maverley
Malik Yoba	...	Jim Carroll
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith	...	Colin Maitlis
Meredith Eaton	...	Clare Clovis

Storyline

Johnny Worricker is hiding out from his work at MI5 on the tax-exile islands, Turks & Caicos. But an encounter with a CIA agent forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, then it's their financial PR who seems to know more than she's letting on. But will she help Johnny come to an understanding of what these men do and why they're here?

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Plot Keywords:

island | cia | mi5 | businessman | british spy | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Turks and Caicos

Filming Locations:

Turks and Caicos Islands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carnival Film & Television, Heyday Films, Beagle Pug Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Helena Bonham -Carter and Ralph Fiennes have worked together in Harry Potter and Great Expectations.

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Goofs

Early in the film there is a scene with Worricker and Aldous eating lobsters, and towards the end there is a scene where Worricker collects a lobster from a local fisherman. The lobsters are not Caribbean lobsters, but the North Atlantic variety.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Curtis Pelissier: OK, here we are.
Melanie Fall: Well, what a great evening. Thank you.
Curtis Pelissier: If you want, I could come in, pour you a drink.
Melanie Fall: Tell you the problem, I'm not thirsty. But I had a great time. Thank you.
Curtis Pelissier: Good night.

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Connections

Follows Page Eight (2011)

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Soundtracks

The Great Pretender
(uncredited)
By Buck Ram
Performed by The Platters

User Reviews

Wow - that was unexpected!

I'm so happy I stumbled upon this! I saw a small trailer on BBC2 an hour before it started and as soon as I saw Bill Nighy was in it - it went straight onto my schedule.

BBC Original Drama's have been good in the past and have only occasionally pulled in big names so I wasn't expecting what happened next.. Hollywood a-listers started popping up... Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter, Ewen Bremner and a cameo from Ralph Fiennes - Jeez, it's a cast list that any film-maker would love to have.

They all have main to supporting roles and it feels like a classic Hollywood-scale movie, but filmed with the production quality of a British TV drama.

Bill Nighy is absolutely fantastic, like a cool but older James Bond type who has retired to a sleepy island. Christopher Walken is... Christopher Walken and Winona Ryder suddenly has my heart, she looks great and has fully matured.

The film revolves around a former British 'Civil Servant' played by Nighy (we all know what 'Civil Servant' really means) who lives on the privileged Turks & Caicos island. He is recognised by an American (Walken) and is suddenly drawn into a mystery surrounding a company called Gladstone who are about to buy up lots of land on the island.

I've given this a 10/10 because for a TV Drama, which is it, it certainly punched above its weight and the quality of actors on display is outstanding. Watching it on BBC2 HD was simply fantastic and most of all - it came out of nowhere and cheered me up on a Thursday evening.

It was for all intents and purposes - a damn good surprise and seeing Bill Nighy and Christopher Walken back to his best, playing off each other is just awesome. I hate the BBC for squandering British TV License fees on IT systems that don't work and for taking BBC3 off the air, but I would have paid to see this at the cinema.

Turks & Caicos is refreshing, fun and mysterious.