Ian McShane fresh out of prison chasing cryptic last words through foggy estuaries? Sign me up.
Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last words lead him on a frantic quest for answers in the tidal estuaries of the West of England, where he finds himself on a collision course with other parties who are as eager to solve the mystery as he is, and are seemingly even prepared to kill to find the answer.
Acting
McShane's simmering, wounded intensity
Cinematography
Mist-choked estuaries that breathe menace
Direction
Bucksey's lean, paranoid pacing
Director
Colin Bucksey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Colin Bucksey's feature debut after years in TV; he later directed episodes of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Shot during the dying days of British film industry tax shelter era, it's a time-capsule of grimy post-industrial England rarely captured on screen.
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