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Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career has reached rock-bottom. He has a teenage daughter, Tommy, who was put into foster care many years before. Now, aged seventeen, Tommy has become inloved in a scandal that involves child pornography with a high-ranked police officer. Charlie and Tommy become reunited as Charlie .. Read more
| Starring | Adrian Dunbar, David O'Hara, Julie Graham, Emma Faulkner |
|---|---|
| Director | David Hayman |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career has reached rock-bottom. He has a teenage daughter, Tommy, who was put into foster care many years before. Now, aged seventeen, Tommy has become inloved in a scandal that involves child pornography with a high-ranked police officer. Charlie and Tommy become reunited as Charlie struggles to defend his daughter from a trail of blackmail and murder.
| Starring | Adrian Dunbar, David O'Hara, Julie Graham, Emma Faulkner |
|---|---|
| Director | David Hayman |
| Studio | IN2FILM |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1995 To Rent: DVD: 05 Oct 2009 |
This Scottish thriller, developed by British Screen and written by Robert Murphy, is regrettably no advert for the... read more on Time Out
- 7
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Best avoided
Confusing plot line, dialogue that cannot be heard as background too loud. Gave up halfway through & found something more interesting to do - washing up!
- 1
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Poor direction kills good plot idea
Not as bad as some other reviewers might suggest. This movie is notable as James McAvoy's first film. He appears as a teenage boxing enthusiast in a key ... read more »
- 1
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average
nothing to write home about. Would not recommend it
- 1
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Absolutely rubish!
I don't know how this film end. because it make me sleep.
James Mcavoy has credited a teenage crush with inspiring him to act - because he followed his dream girl to drama classes. The Atonement actor landed his first onscreen role at the age of 15 while he was still at school, starring in The Near Room in 1995. McAvoy admits he wasn't particularly interested in becoming an actor when he joined the cast, but after falling for one of his co-stars, Alana Brady, he signed up to her theatre classes in a bid to keep in contact. And the Scottish star is... Read more