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Depth Charge

1960 · 55 min

A tight, salt-sprayed little thriller that wrings steady dread out of two men and a live bomb on a pitching deck.

Overview
A Scottish fishing trawler hauls in an unexploded depth charge and a bomb disposal veteran teams up with an inexperienced volunteer to try to defuse is before it destroys the ship.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • loyalty
  • work
Places
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jeremy Summers
Starring
Alex McCrindle, David Orr, Elliot Playfair, J. Mark Roberts
Runtime
55 min
Country
United Kingdom

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