Ashes

2012

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17%
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 733 733

Plot summary

One-time hard man Frank Barron is barely recognisable now he’s been afflicted with Alzheimer's, but when his estranged son Jamie visits him in hospital he realises the extra stress Frank is put under and decides to break him out in the hope of returning him to his family. As the two travel across the country, beginning to bond along the way, it soon transpires that both Frank and Jamie are at odds with their past.

Director

Mat Whitecross Photo
Mat Whitecross

Top cast

Chris Coghill Photo
Chris Coghill as Security Guard
Ellen Thomas Photo
Ellen Thomas as Susie
Stephen Wight Photo
Stephen Wight as Lee - Service Station Manager
Zoe Telford Photo
Zoe Telford as Sophie
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926.76 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 40 min
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1.68 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HeyHay37 4 / 10

Awful

The lead actress made me want her dead in the first 5 minutes. HORRIBLE ACTRESS, everyone else's acting was bad, but she took the cake. The ONLY good thing about the movie was the grandmother-hilarious, good acting. Such an embarrassing face-palm mess of a movie
Reviewed by bowmanblue 7 / 10

Ray Winstone holds it together

Most people will be more familiar with Ray Winstone as 'tough-guy' characters, so perhaps that's one reason he's decided to take a break from 'busting heads' and started to show the viewers that he's got more of a 'sensitive' side.In Ashes, he plays an Alzheimer sufferer who gets 'kidnapped' by his son from the hospital he's been committed to and then taken on a roadtrip across England. Why? Well, that's something you have to find out.The first thing you need to is that this certainly isn't a 'feel-good' film. It's dark, nasty and certainly not light-hearted in any way. Its major plus-point is Ray Winstone. He plays the part perfectly, switching from scared bouts of violence, to just plain scared. He's the reason this film is worth watching, as the 'story' is somewhat lacking. I was left wondering why exactly these two were driving across country, as it isn't really explained until about the hour mark. Although, that is the time when the film generally starts to pick up.The first hour - excluding Ray's performance - is pretty hard to sit through. It doesn't really go anywhere and drags by. However, if you can excuse that, it does get better and the last act ties everything up.If you're a fan of Ray then you'll enjoy this. Otherwise, you'll have to be in the mood for a very dark drama to get something out of this.
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