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Coup!

2006 · 90 min

A dry, talky procedural that turns a real mercenary plot into a tense, quietly absurd study of greed and incompetence.

Directed by
Simon Cellan Jones
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jared Harris, Robert Bathurst, Lucy Cohu
Overview
Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.

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Directed by
Simon Cellan Jones
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jared Harris, Robert Bathurst, Lucy Cohu
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • power
  • corruption
  • conspiracy
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Simon Cellan Jones
Written by
John Fortune
Starring
Jared Harris, Robert Bathurst, Lucy Cohu, Rupert Vansittart, Caroline Blakiston, Joe Mason
Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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