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"A stunning, intelligent thriller"

When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.

Top Cast

  • James McAvoy

    James McAvoy

    Max Lewinsky

  • Mark Strong

    Mark Strong

    Jacob Sternwood

  • David Morrissey

    David Morrissey

    Thomas Geiger

  • Peter Mullan

    Peter Mullan

    Roy Edwards

  • Daniel Mays

    Daniel Mays

    Nathan Bartnick

  • Andrea Riseborough

    Andrea Riseborough

    Sarah Hawks

  • Daniel Kaluuya

    Daniel Kaluuya

    Juka Ogadowa

  • Ruth Sheen

    Ruth Sheen

    Iris Warns

  • Jason Flemyng

    Jason Flemyng

    Harvey Crown

Overview

When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.

Rating

5.9 / 10
704 Reviews
2 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jun 8, 2022

    When his son is shot, "Sternwood" (Mark Strong) has to return from his Icelandic hideaway to get to the bottom of it all. That puts him back squarely into the sights of cop "Lewinsky" (James McCoy) who has an old (and painful) grudge. What now ensues is a really formulaic and unimaginative drama, though, as both men realise that they are being played by a higher, manipulative and malevolent power and conclude they are better together. Despite a decent cast, including the usually reliable Andrea Riseborough ("Hawks") it all just fails to ignite. The dark, eerie, photography loses it's potency pretty quickly, as do the flashbacks filling in most of the backstory - leaving us with a pretty generic crime thriller that is pretty light on thrills. Forgettable stuff, sorry.

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