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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Cleanskin is a well directed piece about the contemporary issue of 'home grown' terrorism in the UK. All sides are portrayed with a degree of neutrality, without the usual stereotyping of similar films such as those from the US.Some scenes do jar a little, or beg for some explanation, however.Sean Bean's character is noted as a veteran of British military service in Afghanistan and, whilst visiting the funeral of a dead soldier, who we are led to believe he served with (Bean apparently an officer or warrant-officer by another character's reference to him as 'sir'), another disabled veteran stumbles away from the service feeling somewhat sorry for himself, only to be stopped by Bean, who straightens him up and makes him realise his own situation isn't that dire. Here's the conundrum though. As the other man hobbles away down the aisle, we see a photo of the dead soldier, complete with red beret, denoting service with the Parachute Regiment. When talking with Bean, he asks him about 'the Regiment'. That sort of phrase is more suited to talk about the SAS, frequently referred to as 'the Regiment', especially by those within it. A minor flaw of sorts as one could surmise that this young man is referring to the Parachute Regiment, although much less likely.Another scene where Abhin Galeya, the 'home grown' terrorist is talking with the usual firebrand extremist cleric in a flashback scene about going to Afghanistan to learn how to 'do useful things' as the cleric puts it. Nothing is made of this, although I suspect the film's budget had something to do with that particular concept.One final thing that was a little off was the whole 'false flag' twist towards the end. It did little to carry the story along as Charlotte Rampling's character was amoral enough to have been merely corrupt rather than willing to instigate terror acts for her own agenda. This smacked of a paranoid patriot US style storyline which I felt detracted from the overall feel of the thing.These issues aside, the various twists and turns and brief violent scenes along with the psychological stress suffered by many within the film, especially Ewan (Bean) and Ash (Abhin Galeya) really do the film justice. Tom Burke's role as Ewan's erstwhile partner, Mark is another nice subplot as is the character Kate, Ash's sometime love interest played by Tuppence Middleton.All in all, a well made, topical film well worth a watch.

Solid and gritty British thriller that feels a bit slow compared to your typical non-stop Hollywood action movie due to its many stops and starts and flashbacks. The plot is reasonably unpredictable and the film takes pains to flesh out the terrorists characters so that they are not just cardboard fodder to be blown away by the troubled anti-hero. "Yippie ki yay, m-f," wouldn't work well here at all. I suspect that one of the higher goals of this film was to "open minds" in the direction of greater understanding and tolerance towards people of one particular religion (you can guess which one), but it had the opposite effect on me, so "Sorry Charlie!" as far as that goes. Be forewarned that there are some scenes of realistic and harsh violence, but so what's new nowadays anyhow. This is definitely not one of Sean Bean's finest movies, but it is still worth the time if this is the kind of subject matter you're seeking. In any event, it's much better than most American films along roughly similar lines, as I discovered after losing an hour and forty-five minutes to "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" immediately before this. After watching "Cleanskin", "Jack Ryan" seemed childish and dopey in comparison and found itself summarily demoted from its original 6 stars down to 4. What can I say, "War is hell."

Seemed good for the first punchy 30 mins then it wandered off into some other unrelated flashback from a few years back with new characters I didn't care about, then fluttered back to today where something happened with some other characters but I wasn't really sure where it fit in or why it happened. By this time I was no longer sure who was who. Then we went back to the past and some other story line then - whoosh - back to the present and the main character suddenly acting like a maniac. I was starting to feel giddy. I don't know what I can tell you. It was slow, confusing, lacked suspense or mystery and really just got more and more boring when it shouldn't have been. I think the idea was OK but it was poorly executed and the director treated viewers like idiots. Why do film- makers think a "meaningful" movie has to be boring and plod along while they bang the point into your brain over and over with all the subtlety of a cartoon sledge-hammer wielded by Baby Hughey. You can make great entertaining commercially viable movies and still make a point, honest! And why do some viewers think a movie has to be boring to be a "good meaningful movie" so they give it a high rating because it had "a point". Sorry, having "a point" is nowhere near enough. THis is yet another movie where I lost interest in all the characters & their meandering story/s half way through and stopped watching. The whole premise was somewhat naive, obvious and immature but could have been made into a much more powerful and creative statement.

After an unsuccessful mission when a load of explosives is stolen by the terrorists Ash (Abhin Galeya) and Paul (Tariq Jordan), the British Secret Service Agent Ewan (Sean Bean) is assigned by his superior Charlotte (Charlotte Rampling) to team-up with agent Mark (Tom Burke) and hunt down the terrorist before the elections. Ash had used a bomber in a restaurant to kill many people and Ewan has a trauma in this regard since his wife died in a terrorist attempt. Ewan track Paul and Ash down and in-between he kills a Muslim in an old building believing that he would be another terrorist. All his deadly actions are covered by Charlotte team until the day he discovers a locker key hidden inside the coat that belonged to the Muslim that he killed and he discloses a web of lies and manipulation. "Cleanskin" is a good thriller with a full of action story of terrorism and manipulation. Sean Bean is perfect in the role of an agent in disgrace that is assigned to kill the terrorists responsible for several casualties. The character Ash is very well developed in flashbacks since he was a law student, his recruitment to a terrorist cell and his training. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Cleanskin: Jogo de Interesses" ("Cleanskin": Game of Interest")