When we see Sarah first she’s
covered in blood, her face replete
with a mix of shock and resignation.
But wait until you see the
other fella! The cold opening is
revealed as a flash forward and
we’re subsequently introduced
to Sarah as she struggles to hold
her young family together in the
wake of her husband Steven’s
murder. Having witnessed the killing,
Sarah’s young son, Ben (Rudy
Doherty), has been rendered mute
in a permanent state of shock.
Newspaper reports claimed Steven
was a drug dealer, an accusation
Sarah refuses to believe,
much to the chagrin of her coldhearted
mother, Alice (Jane Brennan),
who never approved of him
to begin with.
If a good woman is hard to find,
in this dystopian portrayal of urban
Ulster, a good man is even
more of a unicorn. In fact, the only
good man here, the late Steven,
is literally a dead man. Sarah is
treated with contempt and disdain
by every man she meets, from the
supermarket security guard who
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