THE CORRUPTED (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sam Claflin (Me Before You), Charlie Murphy (’71), Adam Long (Dunkirk), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Hugh Bonneville (Paddington), Lorraine Ashbourne (Adult Life Skills), David Hayman (Fisherman’s Friends), Noel Clarke (Adulthood), Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth), Shaun Dooley (Eden Lake), Decca Heggie (My Name Is Lenny), Don Gilet (film debut), Akbar Kurtha (The Disappearance of Lenka Wood), Cathal Pendred (Release), Rob Knighton (Everyone’s Going To Die)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ron Scalpello (My Name Is Lenny), director; Nick Moorcroft (Fisherman’s Friends), writer; Andrew Berg (Finding Your Feet), Nik Bower (Final Portrait), John Sachs (Urban Hymn) and Laure Vaysse(The Titan), producers; Andrew Kawczynski (Sky Hunter), composer; Richard Mott (Pressure), cinematographer; Peter Christelis (In This World), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Liam (Claflin) is an ex-con who’s trying to win back the love and trust of his family, after losing everything to local crime boss Clifford Cullen (Spall), a powerful figure with high-level connections to politics, finance and the police force. As he becomes caught in a web of conspiracy, crime and corruption, Liam becomes more and more determined to redeem himself for good…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Sam Claflin stars as a man seeking redemption in this gritty crime drama from the writer of… Finding Your Feet and Fisherman’s Friends?!

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH MAY 2019

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