Complicit

Synopsis: Complicit follows the trail of Edward(David Oyelowo) an MI5 officer desperate to foil what he believes is another 7/7 style atrocity planned by British terror suspect Waleed (Arsher Ali) despite the lack of any conclusive evidence. Edward, confronted by the key moral dilemma of our time, is forced into choosing between two morally devastating outcomes.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Niall MacCormick
Production: Many Rivers Film
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Year:
2013
99 min
59 Views


Stand down USA! Stand down USA!

Stand down USA!

We believe

them as war criminals.

The reality is that this is going to

be their grave in Afghanistan.

If they were wise

they would pull their troops out.

There is no issue of 7/7, 9/11,

except that these were

reactionary events.

Allahu Akbar!

Why is Islam

the biggest religion in the world?

Why is Islam the fastest growing

religion in the world?

Wake yourselves up

from your degenerate lifestyles.

We're against the whole nation,

the coalition of people

who are killing Muslims,

attacking Muslims

ideologically and physically,

that's what we're against.

I want you to tell me

what you can hear.

I want you to tell me

if you can't hear the cries

of our brothers and sisters.

You can find the bodies of their

families in the ruins of their homes!

And I want you to tell me

if you can't hear the cries

of the orphans of Gaza

as the missiles of the Jews

rain down on them.

British troops burn in hell.

British troops burn in hell.

British troops burn in hell.

British troops burn in hell.

British troops burn in hell.

You slags!

You filthy bastards,

just f*** off home,

just f*** off home, you dirty...

British troops burn in hell.

British troops burn in hell.

Burn, burn, burn in hell.

Think it might be a Passat.

Is Nas coming in or what?

Hmmm, after the doctor, yeah.

Have you seen what they've done

to Perry Road?

Where the hell is that?

Off Mile End innit.

The turning before the cinema.

Oh, yeah.

They've made it one way, bruv.

I don't see the point of it.

That's stupid, man.

I'm worried

they're gonna pull you out.

I'm sure they will.

Are you close?

I think so. I just don't have

enough evidence yet.

Has Jalil said anything?

Nah.

Nasir?

No.

Majid?

Uh-uh.

Did you hear the name Seif Omar?

Seif who?

Omar.

Nah.

Has he asked you to do anything?

No one's told me anything.

British troops burn in hell!

British troops burn in hell!

British troops burn in hell!

Someone's been smoking in there.

You can't smell that, can you?

I don't smell anything.

Jalil was in.

I thought he'd given up.

Yeah, he's started again.

Right man, right see you then.

See you, Jamal, right, in a bit.

So what's happening?

So we got two drivers taking the

minibuses to Croydon on the Monday,

the brother's going to put everyone

up for the night, you know,

so we can get an early start.

Asif's doing the cooking.

Asif? He never volunteered!

Yeah, soon as the cooking was

mentioned the room went dead,

no one was putting their hand up.

Yeah, yeah.

Usual thing, innit.

You didn't volunteer then?

Yeah, well, I'm not even here,

I'm off, I'm gone.

I'm going to a wedding in Yemen

on the Thursday before,

why was I going to put my hand up?

I'm not even here,

I'm off, I'm gone.

I'm going to a wedding in Yemen

on the Thursday before,

why was I going to put my hand up?

I'm going to a wedding in Yemen

on the Thursday before,

why was I going to put my hand up?

The Thursday before.

I'm not even here,

I'm off, I'm gone.

I'm going to a wedding in Yemen

on the Thursday before,

why was I going to put my hand up?

Going to a wedding in Yemen...

In Yemen.

I want to know where Waleed

is going in Yemen.

We need to renegotiate my price.

Your price is dependent on the

quality of the information.

How do you think my community

would feel if they were to learn

that I was helping the Americans

by giving you information?

So this is why you have to pay me

more money.

I pay you for information,

Mister Akmal.

He's going to Zabid.

To do what?

To a wedding. A cousin's wedding.

Which cousin?

Usman Tariq.

He's telling people

he's going to a wedding.

Whose wedding?

Usman Tariq?

A cousin living in Zabid.

No.

It's what he's telling people.

Usman would not invite

Waleed to his wedding.

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

This is a feud of many years.

He would kill Waleed

rather than invite him.

Is something happening?

I need your judgment.

I think I might be seeing

something that isn't there.

What do you think?

I wouldn't be talking to you

if I didn't have a grave anxiety.

I have not met another man

who has developed

such single-minded hatred

for those who are not

of the same belief as himself.

But do you think he will cross

that line... Take action?

Yeah, I believe this.

And, God willing, you will stop him.

Daddy!

Do you want some ice cream?

Mummy hasn't given me

an ice cream for ages.

Right, let's get some.

When are you coming home?

He started crawling along,

slowly and steadily towards the

distant finishing line.

Before long, the rabbit

was near the end.

"Ha! That tortoise is too slow

to keep up with me.

"There's no chance of me losing.

"I don't even need to try

and I'll still win."

He casually sauntered over to a tree.

"In fact, I think I'll take a nap.

"When I wake up the tortoise will

still be way back there,

"so I'll just cross the line

and win."

So the rabbit fell asleep, while the

tortoise kept crawling onwards,

slow and steady.

So, he's not going to a wedding?

He's saying he is but he's not. No.

And you believe

he's going to visit Seif Omar?

The wedding's in Zabid. Intelligence

has Seif Omar, in Zabid.

It's just too much of a coincidence.

What are you asking of them?

For him to be tracked in Yemen.

There's too much going on

in other places right now

and resources

for an enterprise like that...

I am certain he's making his move.

They won't buy it, Edward.

It's how it goes sometimes.

Yeah, I know.

You should come for a drink

with us later.

Yeah.

I'll tell her you're here.

Thank you.

Edward for you.

Right.

She's ready to see you now.

Thank you.

Edward, sit down.

Thank you.

I understand your frustration

and prioritising is a ghastly word,

it's absolutely the worst part

of our work but it has to be done.

I just feel like the resources

would have been made available to me

here and at MI6

if I was being believed.

It's my understanding that the issue

is the weakness of the evidence

you are presenting.

Except this has happened to me

before.

What has?

My judgment being questioned.

On what occasion?

It's just something

I've been aware of.

And I feel like I'm being...

Overlooked?

Yes.

Why do you feel that?

Well, I've seen others

who came in at the same time as me,

I've seen them

get promotion ahead of me.

All of them?

Well, enough of them.

And I feel like I'm being...

I feel like

I'm trailing behind a little.

At least it feels like it.

I see.

Why do you think that might be?

I don't know.

But you believe

that there is a reason

beyond your ability

and professionalism?

Yes.

I'm not aware of anything

untoward, any reality,

that is causing you to feel that.

What's holding back your case,

in this instance,

is the lack of evidence.

And only that.

OK?

OK.

Thank you.

See you later.

God bless mate, see you soon, yeah.

Thanks, bye.

I found an e-mail last night,

sent on November 11th 2011.

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Guy Hibbert

Guy Hibbert is an award-winning British screenwriter. He has won 4 Bafta awards. He wrote the 2009 film Five Minutes of Heaven. This film was premiered at the 25th Sundance Film Festival, where Hibbert won the World Cinema Screenwriting Award. more…

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