THE INFORMER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad), Rosamund Pike (A Private War), Clive Owen (Children of Men), Common (Selma), Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049), Joanna Kaczynska (Graders), Edwin de la Renta (Rise of the Footsoldier Part II), Sam Spruell (Legend), Aylam Orian (New York November), Karma Meyer (film debut), Mateusz Kościukiewicz (All That I Love)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andrea Di Stefano (Escobar: Paradise Lost), director, writer; Matt Cook (Triple 9) and Rowan Joffe (Before I Go To Sleep), writers; Wayne Marc Godfrey (Three and Out), James Harris (47 Metres Down), Basil Iwanyk (Sicario), Robert Jones (Dirty Pretty Things), Mark Lane (I Am Not A Serial Killer) and Ollie Madden (Spooks: The Greater Good), producers; Brooke Blair (Green Room) and Will Blair (Blue Ruin), composers; Daniel Katz (Don’t Worry Baby), cinematographer; Job ter Burg (Brimstone), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Pete Koslow (Kinnaman) is a reformed criminal and former special operations soldier who begins working as an informant for his corrupt FBI handlers, infiltrating the Polish mob’s drug trade in New York in the process. However, when a drug deal goes wrong and his identity as a mole is threatened to be exposed, Pete must see it through to the end if he is to finally be free…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This crime thriller is bound to raise your heart rate on several occasions, not just due to the incredibly tense action but also due to the committed performances of a starry cast that includes Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike and Clive Owen.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019

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