The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Steve HudsonDirector
- Steve HudsonScreenplay
- Edmund ButtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter MullanRiley
- Martin CompstonSean
- Gary LewisSkipper
- Steven RobertsonCook
- Angel LiSu Li
- Hark BohmPol
- Li Jun WangChinese Farmer
- Ren HaoMoon Face
- Ming ShiSnakehead
- Anna BreuerSvetlana
- Yvonne CostelloBarmaid
- Pat KiernanHenri
Stills
Themes
shipdrowningsmuggling (contraband)scotlandbankruptillegal immigrationcigarette smugglinghuman traffickingfishermanchinese womandecisionlittle girl