Release Date
May 31, 2013 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
August 20, 2013 (Buy on Amazon)
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Running Time
104 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and some violent content
A conspiracy thriller set around an act of betrayal within a tight knit family, the story centers around single mother Collette McVeigh (Riseborough) -- a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardliner IRA brothers.
When she is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA bomb plot in London, an MI5 officer (Owen) offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. ... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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