![]() ![]() Sumner, too, has both stated aims – an inheritance is tied up in court he wants an interesting gig to tide him over – and less overt motivations. “The whales are small change in this game,” states preternaturally perceptive onboard psychopath Henry Drax (Colin Farrell). ![]() The business of The Volunteer is to kill whales it also isn’t. Why would respectable, introspective ship’s surgeon Patrick Sumner, played here by Jack O’Connell, put himself through such hardship? The answer proves as simple and as complicated as the mission itself. They are volunteers, yes – but they are also desperate men, with a range of unsavoury reasons for undertaking such a rough and hazardous trip. McGuire’s Booker-longlisted book depicts the motley crew of a whaling ship called The Volunteer, the ship’s name reflecting the ambiguous agency of the men it carries. Andrew Haigh’s five-part adaptation of Ian McGuire’s 2016 novel compels on several levels: as an intensely felt meditation on masculinity, as a thrilling technical achievement and as a ripping yarn. ![]()
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