Brian Cox, Clemency Burton-Hill, Greta Scacchi

A suspense drama dealing with the current terrorism attacks in UK through a London Metropolitan Police Officer of Muslim heritage who must display courage and persevere in his duties in face of family...( read more  read more... ) conflict.

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R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Jag Mundhra

Release Date: December 15, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 28, 2009

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  • June 12, 2009
    A film that looks and feels like a TV movie. It has a message, but it's a message that is painfully obvious to anybody with the slightest bit of intelligence. It's also handled in a very patronizing and contrived way. The performances range from very bad - Brian Cox (i.e. Excelle...( read more)nt). The film does make mention of more interesting political and social elements, but goes for the easiest story to tell. Just in case you were wondering, most Muslims are not terrorists, but some extremists are.
  • February 8, 2009
    An interesting take on the London bombings and the Metro Police's investigations, we meet a Commander of Pakistani descent who is placed in charge to investigate the death of a young muslim at the hands of police for suspicion of terrorrism. At home, his nephew has just recently ...( read more)arrived from Pakistan to study engineering... but he has other plans.

    We explore the culture and tension of Muslims in England, how some live through the constant pressures of life as Muslims as the pressures of the world surround them. Its easy to see how many young men are seduced into wrongly believing Islam is at war with the world by extermists, but it is good to know there are some who defy the extremes and represent the best of human nature and character. whether they are muslim or not.

    The reason why I watched this is because I am fan of old school Bollywood, and Naseruddin Shah, Om Puri and Gulshan Grover are old school stars who most Indians and Arabs should know, each having made their mark in Britian and Hollywood, Shah you probably know as Captain Nemo from the family favourite, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Om Puri from the Patrick Swayze classic, City of Joy.

    Anyways, its a modern tale of terrorism and family and divided loyalties, the tension and divisions are all too apparent... who really is responsible for this large division of peoples??? We only really have to blame ourselves, and everyone must share this responsibilty of bias and prejudice against each other, or there will never be real peace, and there will always be extreme figures on both sides who will lead us astray on the path to destruction.

    I enjoyed this movie, nothing too special but well worth watching.
  • April 3, 2009
    Too slow and the story is deja vu...
  • February 7, 2009
    War on terror from a different prespective
  • February 2, 2009
    how sad that people can get confused with the term terrorist and the one who supposed to guide them mislead them into doing something that make them equal to the 'real-terrorist'
  • January 25, 2009
    Naseer sahb as great as ever!
  • January 22, 2009
    Could have easily been made for television, but enjoyable all the same
  • January 3, 2009
    Awesome movie. Nice thriller. Great acting.
  • December 15, 2008
    no thanks not my thing
  • October 27, 2008
    Just another movie about the hot topic of terrorism. This time, the story is set in a British atmosphere with references to the London attack July 2005. We meet an upcoming Muslim and Pakistani police officer at Scotland Yard, who got challenged to face potential terrorists among...( read more) his associates and friends.

    The movie deals with several interesting themes, which are related to the movie?s tagline; ?Is It A Crime To Be A Muslim?? which is one of the advantages of the movie. Unfortunately, the makers fell into the trap of the making relatively uninspiring. In addition, the climax is indicated too early in the story, which also makes the movie uneventful.

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