The gang have used this unexplained gift of immortality to protect us muggles for centuries, but when they break their own rule of never working for the same employer twice, they're rumbled – the job is a ruse and the former CIA operative who re-hired them has this time filmed their regeneration. Charlize Theron stars as Andy, leader of a clandestine group of tight-knit hired guns with the shared super-power of immediate regeneration and the inability to die. Want to see if your TV can handle fast-paced fight sequences without succumbing to shimmer or jitter? This 2020 film is the one.

Annoyingly, World War II is approaching fast, Pretty's health is declining and, upon seeing what Brown has uncovered, various other noted archaeologists try to intervene and take credit for Brown's work.įor anyone keen on Anglo-Saxon or World War II history, The Dig is an engaging watch, served with a generous dash of English restraint and stunning sweeping landscape scenes. Local, self-taught excavator Basil Brown (Fiennes), who left school at 12 and was taught the trade by his father, is given the task of tackling the large burial mounds on Pretty's grounds.Īnd much to everyone's surprise – especially Brown's employers, who want him back at his regular job at the Ipswich Museum – the dig reveals genuine, priceless Anglo-Saxon treasures. It's actually based on a true story – the 1939 excavation of Edith Pretty's rural estate in Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, UK. If you like the idea of Ralph Fiennes taking up as lead archaeologist in an episode of Britain's Biggest Dig, this movie is for you.

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