I give this movie two stars, not one, because it is well made thinly veiled propaganda. The acting is excellent, the directing is crisp, the dialog is smart. There is much to like about the movie, but what is the point of it?
Ah yes, the point. So, a British secret service agent is out to kill a Muslim terrorist. Ewan (Sean Bean), is the grim, vengeful agent who wants to do the right thing but is a loose canon (ie, a danger to himself and to people around him) once he is set in motion. And his superiors know this. Ash (Abhin Galeya) is the terrorist, filled with doubt but who goes on with his mission to kill the kafirs (unbelievers).
Just as Ash is manipulated by the nefarious Nabil, Ewan is manipulated by the sinister Charlotte. So, who are really the bad guys, here? The British intelligence service is just as bad as the Ayatollahs.
***Spoiler Alert***
And, the icing on the cake is that the one secret service agent who was sincerely trying to do his job, and was assassinated by Ewan who was manipulated into it, was himself a British born Asian.
Get it? The jihadis are out to get us, but since we are just as bad as they are, should we really be defending ourselves? Hadi Hajaig, the writer and director, thinks not.
You will not be too surprised to learn that the movie was made with the assistance of some public funds (maybe a lot of public funds).
Ah yes, the point. So, a British secret service agent is out to kill a Muslim terrorist. Ewan (Sean Bean), is the grim, vengeful agent who wants to do the right thing but is a loose canon (ie, a danger to himself and to people around him) once he is set in motion. And his superiors know this. Ash (Abhin Galeya) is the terrorist, filled with doubt but who goes on with his mission to kill the kafirs (unbelievers).
Just as Ash is manipulated by the nefarious Nabil, Ewan is manipulated by the sinister Charlotte. So, who are really the bad guys, here? The British intelligence service is just as bad as the Ayatollahs.
***Spoiler Alert***
And, the icing on the cake is that the one secret service agent who was sincerely trying to do his job, and was assassinated by Ewan who was manipulated into it, was himself a British born Asian.
Get it? The jihadis are out to get us, but since we are just as bad as they are, should we really be defending ourselves? Hadi Hajaig, the writer and director, thinks not.
You will not be too surprised to learn that the movie was made with the assistance of some public funds (maybe a lot of public funds).