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Strong performances and stunning locations butt up against a familiar nautical tale.
Full reviewColin Farrell and Jack O' Connell (Unbroken) lead this five-episode miniseries set on a whaling ship, where a journey to the Arctic becomes a fight for survival.
Henry Drax (Farrell) is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner (O'Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
LessAhoy, darkness my old friend: Colin Farrell shivers me timbers in this brutish harpooning voyage. Production values are both grisly and wondrous.
Strong performances and stunning locations butt up against a familiar nautical tale.
Full reviewA bracing plunge into inhumanity that’ll stick with you after its running time melts away.
Full review(The North Water) wastes too much effort trying to discover profound significance rather than fortifying its lacklustre characters.
Full reviewThe main characters are easily distinguishable and the story is a very human one without losing any pulpy intensity.
Full reviewPerhaps a little longer and a little more restrained than it needed to be.
Full reviewFarrell has played a variety of roles in his career, but seeing him play Drax still feels like a welcome departure from his norm.
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