Worricker: 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:

mi5 | businessman | british spy | intelligence service | money laundering | 

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Taglines:

Bill Nighy returns as Johnny Worricker

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Turks & Caicos' (2014) (TV) and 'Salting The Battlefield' (2014) (TV) were both Carnival Films, Heyday Films, BeaglePug, and Masterpiece co-productions in association with NBC Universal for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

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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

Referenced in Turks & Caicos: Uncovered (2014)

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Soundtracks

I'm All At Sea
Written by David Hare

User Reviews

Worthy successor

The first instalment of what has now turned out to be a trilogy, Page Eight, made me long for more and David Hare has certainly delivered. The second episode, Turks & Caicos, is perhaps a bit slower paced and less spellbinding than Page Eight, but it has all the ingredients that made its predecessor such a breath of fresh air: a carefully crafted plot line, believable dialogue, excellent acting, a total absence of fist fights and explosions and a willingness to question the path the Western world has walked in the post-9/11 world.

After his escape from England, Johny Worricker is lying low in the Turks and Caicos islands, a British overseas territory with an American currency. Big men with big money are thick on the ground and Johnny soon gets drawn into a mental chess game with them that threatens to expose some unsavoury secrets about the business aspects of the 'war on terror'. He soon has to fear for his safety again and re-engages some old friends in England to get to the heart of the matter.

'Turks & Caicois' grew on me after repeated viewing. Because of its slower pace and the fact that most of it take place on a small Caribbean island, it feels more like a good stage play than the other two parts of the Worricker trilogy. I relished the well-crafted dialog and subtle gestures and expressions of the actors so much that I actually watched the DVD twice on successive nights.

Details

Official Sites:

BBC TWO

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