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Martin Compston - what members say


  • Sweet Sixteen
  • Sweet Sixteen review by from Greenock, Scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars Superb Movie 8 March 2004
    ...ck Where i Live (you can see my house from a shot in the film) it follows Liam (Martin Compston) as he waits for his mum to be released from prison when she was put away for a...   Read customer review
  • Tickets
  • Tickets review by A customer from Glasgow
    Rated - 5.0 stars Real Life 20 October 2008
    ...uthenticity of the characters. As with another Ken Loach success Sweet Sixteen (Martin Compston also performs admirably here), Compston and friends are typically Glaswegian, a...   Read customer review
  • A Guide to Recognising Your Saints
  • A Guide to Recognising Your Saints review by Al80 from Brighton, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Stale 16 August 2007
    ...; the wonderfully evocative use of authentic period locations, Shia LeBeouf and Martin Compston. These two outstanding young actors give the film a completely undeserved aura ...   Read customer review

Martin Compston - filmography


  • Four (2011)
    Starring: Kierston Wareing,  Martin Compston,  Craig Conway
    Director: John Langridge
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The plan: Kidnap your wife's lover. Take him to a remote warehouse. Hurt him a little. Scare him a lot. Keep your hands clean - hire a detective for the dirty work. Simple? There's no such thing as simple.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5 members
    Due for release on 26th March 2012
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  • Ghosted on DVD (2011)
    Starring: John Lynch,  Martin Compston,  Craig Parkinson
    Director: Craig Viveiros
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Jack (John Lynch), a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife leaves him on the anniversary of their son s death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the presence of a new prisoner, Paul (Martin Compston). But when Paul falls under the influence of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 479 members
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  • 7 Lives on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Kate Ashfield,  Danny Dyer,  Anna Skellern
    Director: Paul Wilkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tom, a married man with kids, is struggling at work when a client tries to seduce him with promises of a 'more exciting life'. On his way home one night he gets attacked by a gang of hoodies and falls into a parallel world where he lives 5 other lives including a Rock-Star, a Homeless person and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 192 members
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  • 7 Lives - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Kate Ashfield,  Danny Dyer,  Anna Skellern
    Director: Paul Wilkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £3.49
    Tom, a married man with kids, is struggling at work when a client tries to seduce him with promises of a 'more exciting life'. On his way home one night he gets attacked by a gang of hoodies and falls into a parallel world where he lives 5 other lives including a Rock-Star, a Homeless person and ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 27% from 94 members
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  • Four - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Kierston Wareing,  Martin Compston,  Craig Conway
    Director: John Langridge
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    After a man finds out that his wife is cheating on him, he decides to kidnap him, take him to somewhere quiet and scare him so that he will leave his wife alone. The plan seemed simple but he soon discovers that there is no such thing as simple.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 4 members
    Due for release on 26th March 2012
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  • Pimp on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Danny Dyer,  Billy Boyd,  Barbara Nedeljakova
    Director: Robert Cavanah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A week in the life of Woody; a Soho pimp, as seen through the eyes of concealed documentary cameras: A week which spirals brutally out of control.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 1,073 member
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  • The Disappearance of Alice Creed on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Gemma Arterton,  Martin Compston,  Eddie Marsan
    Director: J. Blakeson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Two men fortify a nondescript British apartment so it can serve as a prison, and then kidnap a woman and tie her to a bed. Before there's even time to react, we're plunged into a very nasty situation, but not a simple one.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 19,356 members
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  • Red Mist - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Arielle Kebbel,  Sarah Carter,  Stephen Dillane
    Director: Paddy Breathnach,  Ruairi O'Brien
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A college prank turns tragic when it puts Forthaven Hospital's janitor into a coma. One of the responsible medical students (Arielle Kebbel) takes it upon herself to revive him, using an experimental serum. Unfortunately, her concoction instead gives the custodian the power to exact a gruesome revenge.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 594 members
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  • Red Mist on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Arielle Kebbel,  Sarah Carter,  Stephen Dillane
    Director: Paddy Breathnach,  Ruairi O'Brien
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young doctor administers a powerful and untested cocktail of drugs to a coma victim. But, instead of curing the patient, it triggers a powerful "out-of-body" experience and enables him -- a depraved and dangerous loner -- to inhabit other people's bodies in order to take revenge on the bullying ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 1,020 member
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  • Red Road - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Kate Duchene,  Kate Dickie,  Natalie Press
    Director: Andrea Arnold
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a day in which a man appears on her monitor: A man from her past and one that she never wanted to see again. Now she has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 547 members
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  • Red Road on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Kate Dickie,  Natalie Press,  Tony Curran
    Director: Andrea Arnold
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a day in which a man appears on her monitor: A man from her past and one that she never wanted to see again. Now she has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 14,073 members
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  • Wild Country on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Samantha Shields,  Martin Compston,  Peter Capaldi
    Director: Craig Strachan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After Kelly Ann gives up her baby for adoption she and a few friends go hiking through the Scottish Highlands. Coming across an old derelict castle, they find an abandoned baby inside. But it isn't long before a terrifying creature finds them, and starts to stalk them as they try to take the baby ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 178 members
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  • Sweet Sixteen on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Martin Compston,  Annmarie Fulton,  William Ruane
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Paul Laverty writes his fourth script with director Ken Loach for the gritty coming-of-age drama Sweet Sixteen. Set in the port city of Greenock, Scotland, local kid Liam (Martin Compston) spends his days trying to make money with his best friend, Pinball (William Ruane). When he refuses to use his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,203 members
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Martin Compston facts

5 most recent films

Four - 3.0 stars
Ghosted - 3.0 stars
7 Lives - 2.0 stars
7 Lives - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars
Four - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Disappearance of Alice Creed - 3.5 stars
The Disappearance of Alice Creed - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Sweet Sixteen - 3.5 stars
Red Road - 3.0 stars
Red Road - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Four - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Souled Out - 2.5 stars
True North - 3.0 stars
Four - 3.0 stars
7 Lives - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Danny Dyer - 6 times - show films
Craig Conway - 6 times - show films
Craig Parkinson - 3 times - show films
Kate Dickie - 3 times - show films
Corey Johnson - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andrea Arnold - 3 times - show films
Paul Wilkins - 3 times - show films
John Langridge - 3 times - show films
J. Blakeson - 3 times - show films
Ken Loach - 3 times - show films