The film features Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 15 May) is Trespass Against Us, an underrated 2016 crime thriller with a star-studded cast.
The film stars Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender as Chad Cutler, a member of the Irish travelling community, who lives in the wealthy countryside of Gloucestershire, England with his wife (Lyndsey Marshal) and son.
The Cutlers have been a crime family for generations, with Chad the heir apparent to his tough father, Colby (Oscar-nominee Brendan Gleeson).
Hoping to give his son a better life than he had, Chad plans to put his days of lawbreaking behind him and go straight.
“When Colby learns of Chad’s dreams for another life, he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the archaic order that has bound the Cutler family for generations,” the plot synopsis reads.
“He engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving a heist, a high-speed car chase and a manhunt, which leaves Chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake.”
The cast of Trespass Against Us also includes Oscar-nominee Barry Keoghan, as well as Killian Scott (Love/Hate), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) and Sean Harris (the Mission: Impossible franchise).
Though it earned mixed reviews upon release, we’d argue that the movie is well worth seeking out to see Fassbender and Gleeson go head-to-head.
It also has some very exciting and tense action sequences and some fascinating supporting characters.
Trespass Against Us is airing on Film4 tonight/tomorrow morning at 1.45am, so we’d advise recording the crime thriller.
Or you can stream the movie after it airs on Channel 4’s website.
Here are the other movies on TV tonight:
Brooklyn – BBC Four – 7.30pm
Saorise Ronan is a young Irish woman in the early ’50s who emigrates to New York in this romantic drama that will leave you crying.
She Said – Film4 – 9pm
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan headline this powerful drama about the journalists who helped to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage – Legend – 9pm
Nicolas Cage headlines this World War II-set disaster film based on true events.
Take Me High – Sky Arts – 9pm
Cliff Richard stars in this ’70s British musical.
Now You See Me – Sky Showcase – 10pm
This fun blockbuster follows a group of magicians (including Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson) who perform elaborate heists and the cop on their trail (Mark Ruffalo).
Mallrats – Comedy Central – 10pm
Kevin Smith (Clerks) writes and directs this cult ’90s comedy about two friends (Jason Lee and Jeremy London) who take a trip to the mall after their girlfriends break up with them.
In the Heights – BBC Four – 10.15pm
The film version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical.
Everest – ITV4 – 10.50pm
The 2015 biographical survival adventure film with an ensemble cast including Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin and Keira Knightley.
The Inglorious Bastards – Legend – 11.30pm
The ’70s war flick that inspired the similarly titled Quentin Tarantino masterpiece Inglourious Basterds.
The Drop – Film4 – 11.35pm
Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini (in his final film role) headline this terrific, twisty New York-set crime thriller.
