Cleanskin
Cleanskin
R | 09 March 2012 (USA)
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While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and escapes. Ewan's spymasters task Ewan with hunting down the cell members and retrieving the briefcase.

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SMcFirefly

The production value in this movie is outstanding given the budget that they had to work with. Solid performances throughout the entire cast, and who doesn't like to see Sean Bean kick some major butt!There was some pretty great action sequences in this movie, but do not go into this movie thinking that it is a full on action flick.We also see the complexity of Ash, as he is changes from a normal University student to a brainwashed terrorist. It's on Netflix too, so you should watch it when you get a chance! I highly recommend this movie to fans of Taken, James Bond, or anything Sean Bean!

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bowmanblue

A British film about suicide bombers in London is most likely to be too dark (and a little too much like real life) to be a mainstream success, so many people may be forgiven for never hearing about Cleanskin.Sean Bean plays a Secret Service agent on the trail of a suicide bomber cell in Britain. What could be quite a clichéd film actually turns out pretty good. It's partly divided up into two separate stories - one detailing Sean's quest to track down the cell and the other showing the terrorists themselves. Perhaps the best part of the film even relates to the terrorists. While Sean is your typical no-nonsense tough guy (think Liam Neeson in the Taken films), the terrorists are actually pretty well thought out characters - no 'True Lies' clichéd Arab terrorists here. It takes something pretty well written to make you have sympathy with a terrorist one minute, then be revolted by his actions the next, plus even weave in a convincing love story into the mix.I won't go into too many details about the film's plot, as there are a few twists and turns you might not see coming. Just rest assured, if you're looking for a decent action/drama (with plenty of splendid shots of London from above!) then give Sean and co a go.

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coolhandluke1983

Who are you Hadi? Your name sounds like you may be Muslim. And yet you do the faith less than no justice! Or am I just slipping into clichéd profiling???? Speaking of clichéd... What is this movie meant to be? I cannot clearly determine it's "genre" but my guesses leave it languishing short of a pass mark in any of them. Cardboard characters, unnecessarily disjointed storyline, (understandably) passionless acting in the light of directionless directing... dialogue... WHAT DIALOGUE? Allah help us!!! Wait!!! A twist... In the closing quarter. How daring!!! Deus ex Machina? We can but hope for any truly divine intervention... clinging desperately to hope... by the way... I'm just padding out the review to get to the ridiculous compulsory 10 lines when I can tell you all you need to know in 3 words... THIS IS CRAP!!! I wouldn't even bother pirating this one.

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rps-2

If you enjoy touring slaughterhouses, this is your movie. Two hours of ceaseless gore and violence interspersed with unsightly people having graphic sex and women getting beaten up by macho studs. My one word review --- abomination --- sums it up its totality. The characters are thoroughly detestable, the mood is universally black and sombre, the morals and motivations of all the characters are evil and twisted. Not enough that people are stabbed to death, the scenes are needlessly gory and detailed. If this is your thing, it will be a great movie for you. But if this is your thing, you certainly have an unhealthy mind and possible dangerous latent violent tendencies. If nothing else, this dreadful, disgusting film demonstrates that Hollywood does not have the monopoly on cinematic crap!

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