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Act of Betrayal

1988 · 1 season

A slow-burning, tense thriller about hidden identities and the constant threat of being found, with a somber, serious mood.

Genres
Drama
Overview
An IRA informer and his family are given new identities and new lives in Australia but the IRA are still determined to track them down.
How it feels
Tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Betrayal, survival, family, isolation
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Lawrence Gordon Clark
Written by
Nick Evans
Starring
Krister Greer, Martin Mullan, Chris Dibb, Lisa Harrow, Patrick Bergin, Deborra-Lee Furness, Max Cullen, Bosco Hogan
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 240 min each
Network
ABC TV
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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