Cleanskin

2012

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

33
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 65% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 21605 21.6K

Plot summary

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.

Director

Hadi Hajaig Photo
Hadi Hajaig

Top cast

Jon Wennington Photo
Jon Wennington as Wedding Guest
Chris Geere Photo
Chris Geere as Nick
Sean Bean Photo
Sean Bean as Ewan
Gino Picciano Photo
Gino Picciano as Shef
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
701.03 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 6
1.99 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by susanoshaw 7 / 10

Lingers in the memory

A great performance from not only Sean but also the girl (Tuppence?), and it was nice to see Peter Polycarpou back on our screen!cleanskin will appeal to a wide audience, not just those who are still recovering from 7/7 (which i couldn't stop thinking about whilst watching) and it's helpful seeing the side from the "good guy" and the side from the "bad guy".having lived in London when i was younger, it was nice to see some of the landmarks i visited as a kid, so it seems they really went out of their way to keep the realism in the film. it could have easily been filmed in a film studio but it wasn't, which makes it home more for me.Still the scenes linger in the memory after i watched them.
Reviewed by shroyertour 7 / 10

Good - will probably watch it again sometime.

I recently caught this film, billed as an action/drama/suspense flick, quite by accident, and immediately wondered why I saw no promo for it...First off, it was nice to see Sean Bean, who has played some bad ass bad guys (eg. Patriot Games, Goldeneye), get to play the bad ass good guy, Ewan. No other actors were known to me, except for Charlotte Rampling, who was in the short Ghost Recon: Alpha. This was not a disadvantage as all the major and minor characters played their parts well. Rampling in particular did well as the pseudo "M" character.The movie begins with more drama than action, and enough keeps going wrong, that you begin to wonder if Ewan still should be in this "game." But his ruthlessness (again, pseudo Bond) proves that he should. The plot is heavy with the middle east and terrorism situation and there is a considerable amount of socio-political undercurrent; there is plenty of ruthlessness to go around.A fair amount of time is used to build suspense and establish motivations, all going to show once again how violence for revenge sake, or any sake for that matter, perpetuates. Pay attention to where there are flashbacks or you might get lost in the details.The fight scenes seem graphic, not because of blood and gore, so much as for the sound effects. And when the action finally begins to build, it is punctuated with plot twists that underscore the complexities involved.While ultimately enjoyable to view, the movie is ultimately less action and more drama, and the more realistic for that reason.
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