Mission review – dangerous quest to mend a broken childhood

Back in 2013, actor George MacKay and director Paul Wright paired up for “For Those in Peril,” an atmospheric study of youthful alienation, trauma and psychological collapse in small-town Scotland that sealed both men’s place on the U.K. industry “ones to watch” list. Since…

Edinburgh film festival George MacKay plays a troubled restaurant worker embarking on bleak inner and outer journeys reflecting the pressures on young men Paul Wright has created a moodscape of loneliness in this seriously intended, strenuously performed movie, a followup to his…