When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.

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The Rig (2023)

★ 6.6/10 January 6, 2023 2 seasons

DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

Creator: David Macpherson

When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.

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Creators

David Macpherson David Macpherson

Cast

Emily Hampshire Emily Hampshire Rose Mason Iain Glen Iain Glen Magnus MacMillan Martin Compston Martin Compston Fulmer Hamilton Rochenda Sandall Rochenda Sandall Cat Braithwaite Owen Teale Owen Teale Lars Hutton Molly Vevers Molly Vevers Heather Shaw Stuart McQuarrie Stuart McQuarrie Colin Murchison Alice Krige Alice Krige Lennox Abraham Popoola Abraham Popoola Easter Ayodeji Nikhil Parmar Nikhil Parmar Harish Ross Anderson Ross Anderson Cameron Phil McKee Phil McKee Bremner

User Reviews (1)

MovieGuys
MovieGuys January 8, 2023
★ 4/10

The Rig takes a tough mans environment and turns it into a woke playground, with an sprinkling of drippy types that are instantly out of place and would fit better into a downtown Starbucks, than this unforgiving environment. To add to the sense of implausible asinine tedium, the story is bland, unoriginal and slow. Nothing new on offer here. Perhaps its time to turn off the nonsense and accept some things for what they are, rather than trying to astro turf the truth. Rigs are overwhelmingly a mans world, just as midwifery is dominated by women. That said, even if this had been played more sensibly, it would not have changed the fact there's nothing new on offer here. Its a shame too, as there are some decent actors in this series. In summary, woke fairy tale twaddle backed by a story that in one form or other, has been done before and in this viewers opinion, done better,…