The Veteran (2011 film)

The Veteran is a 2011 British action film[2] directed by Matthew Hope and starring Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony Curran and Adi Bielski.

The Veteran
Directed byMatthew Hope
Produced byDebbie Shuter
Kim Leggatt
Screenplay byMatthew Hope
Robert Henry Craft
Story byMatthew Hope
Starring
Music byMark Delany
CinematographyPhilipp Blaubach
Edited byEmma Gaffney
Production
company
DMK Productions
Insight Films
Release date
  • April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2 million[1]

Plot

Robert Miller, a veteran paratrooper, is returning from the war in Afghanistan to his home in a violent decaying South London Heygate Estate, overrun by gun-toting youth gangs. The gangs are led by a drug lord gangster Jones who is interested in Miller working for him, but his job offer is rejected.

Through an ex-army mate, Miller finds work in undercover surveillance. He is soon recruited by a couple of shady government operatives for an undercover operation to keep tabs on a network of suspected terrorist cells. Embedded in the terrorist group is a Lebanese-born British citizen informant.

Miller soon discovers that the security forces and the intelligence services are not quite what they seem. He uncovers a conspiracy the government is planning to set off a series of coordinated attacks to renew fear of terrorism to help them benefit from the GOD policy - Guns, Oil, and Drugs. Miller finds out that all his surveillance was simply to confirm the go ahead for the attacks. The government needs funding and the GOD policy had been instated for years. Miller finds out that this links with the local gang terrorising his neighbourhood being linked with the terrorist cells.

Miller attacks and kills most of Jones' men, but also accidentally shoots an innocent woman. He ends up being shot dead by a young kid that Miller had previously been trying to get out of Jones' gang.

Cast

Production

Executive Producers

Gary Barnshaw Dawn Pritchard Sheila Pritchard

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 60% based on reviews from 20 critics, with an average rating of 5.22 out of 10.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-11-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Buchanan, Jason. "The Veteran". Allmovie. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  3. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_veteran/
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