31 North 62 East (Too Close to the Truth) (2009)

8% of critics liked it
(13 reviews)
29% of users liked it
(85 ratings)

A corrupt British Prime Minister becomes the subject of an intense investigation after giving up the location of an SAS unit in Afghanistan in order to secure a highly-lucrative arms deal. In the wake of finalizing an $80 million weapons accord with a prominent Afghan Sheik, British Prime Minister… More A corrupt British Prime Minister becomes the subject of an intense investigation after giving up the location of an SAS unit in Afghanistan in order to secure a highly-lucrative arms deal. In the wake of finalizing an $80 million weapons accord with a prominent Afghan Sheik, British Prime Minister John Hammond grows confident that his chances of being reelected are high. But when a group of British soldiers are implicated in the murder of the Sheik's nephew, the prime minister begins to fear that his political career could quickly unravel. Desperate, Prime Minister Hammond attempts to remain in the Sheik's good graces by revealing the location of a clandestine SAS unit in Afghanistan despite the fact that regiment had no involvement in the murder whatsoever. Two months after the attack all of the SAS soldiers are presumed dead, but Italian Special Forces reveal that the sole survivor, Captain Jill Mandelson, incredibly managed to elude capture. Now Captain Mandelson wants answers. With the help of her twin sister Kimberly and some powerful contacts in the French Secret Service, Captain Mandelson prepares to confront the most powerful people in Britain to uncover the truth and hold Prime Minister Hammond accountable for his crimes. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Tristan Loraine
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: May 16, 2009 Wide
On DVD: May 16, 2011
Studio: Fact Not Fiction Films

Critic Reviews

Adam Woodward, Little White Lies
Charging boldly into battle, 31 North 62 East manages to conquer its low-budget shortcomings, emerging bruised, battered but ultimately triumphant.
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine
Messy and curiously dated in tone. This fails to make you care about the convoluted plot, with ill-drawn characters.
Daniel Etherington, Film4
As a low-budget, quickly-made Brit flick, this is impressive for its ambition, but as a globe-spanning political thriller it lacks credibility and veers into the absurd.
Toby Young, Times [UK]
The storyline is hackneyed and nonsensical, as if Loraine had plucked clichés from episodes of The Professionals and strung them together.
Xan Brooks, Guardian [UK]
[The] fiendish scheme crumbles under an onslaught of machine-tooled plot twists and a barrage of expository dialogue.
Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
Writer-director Tristan Loraine has grand schemes in the pipeline, but this absurd stab at sub-Tom-Clancy conspiracy thrills won't help his credentials. When Craig Fairbrass is your closest thing to a badge of quality, be afraid.
Tim Evans, Sky Movies
A half-baked political thriller that reeks of a feature-length student YouTube clip.
Sam Wigley, Total Film
Even John Rhys-Davies as the PM struggles to lend gravitas to the comically earnest dialogue and knee-jerk conspiracy theorising.
Matt Bielby, Filmstar Magazine
31 North 62 East suffers from a clunky title and a lack of credibility.
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]
The dialogue is so painfully naive that it seems to have been written by a 15-year-old who has read nothing but Alistair MacLean novels.
, Sun Online
If you don't have the budget to make an action movie, don't try to make one.
Robert Hanks, Independent
A low-budget British "thriller" that is comfortably the worst film I can remember seeing: threadbare plot, clunking dialogue, brain-dead conspiracy theorising, and a gallery of embarrassing racial stereotypes. Avoid at all costs.
Alistair Harkness, Scotsman
Crudely produced, the action scenes have no zip, the drama is underpowered and the performances have a bit of an am-dram feel.