| The Veteran | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Matthew Hope |
| Produced by | Debbie Shuter Kim Leggatt |
| Screenplay by | Matthew Hope Robert Henry Craft |
| Story by | Matthew Hope |
| Starring | Toby Kebbell Brian Cox Adi Bielski |
| Music by | Mark Delany |
| Cinematography | Philipp Blaubach |
| Editing by | Emma Gaffney |
| Studio | DMK Productions |
| Release date(s) | April 29, 2011 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Veteran is a 2011 British Action Crime film directed by Matthew Hope, featuring Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony Curran and Adi Bielski.
Robert Miller (Toby Kebbell), a veteran soldier, is returning from the war in Afghanistan to his home in a violent decaying South London council housing estate, overrun by gun-toting youth gangs. The gangs are led by a drug lord gangster (Ashley Thomas), who is interested in Miller working for him. His job offer is rejected.
Through an ex-army mate (Tom Brooke), Miller finds work in undercover surveillance. He is soon recruited by a couple of shady government operatives (Tony Curran and Brian Cox) for an undercover operation to keep tabs on a network of suspected terrorist cells. Embedded in the terrorist group is a Lebanese-born British citizen informant (Adi Bielski).
Miller soon discovers that the security forces and the intelligence services are not quite what they seem. He uncovers a conspiracy. The group of local gangsters is intrinsically tied to the suspected terrorist cell. Taking the situation into his own hands, Miller embarks on a brutal quest for justice, with devastating consequences.