Three lighthouse keepers arrive on an isolated island off the Scottish coast and find an object that becomes the catalyst to a struggle for survival as they are overcome by greed and paranoia.
Release Date: January 4th, 2019
R |1 hr 46 min
Plot SummaryThree lighthouse keepers arrive on an isolated island off the Scottish coast and find an object that becomes the catalyst to a struggle for survival as they are overcome by greed and paranoia.
Cast: Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Gary Lewis, Søren Malling, Emma King
Director: Kristoffer Nyholm
Genres: Thriller
Production Co: Cross Creek Pictures, Saban Films, G-BASE
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