"If we had meant to kill him we would have done so wouldn't we."
Pinkie (Sam Riley), is a smalltime crook, who kills a rival in revenge. Unfortunately a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) has evidence that could place him at the scene, so he woos then marries her, in order to keep her quiet.
As with the 1947 film this parallels the criminal journey with Pinkie and Rose's theosophical one; their faith coming more to the fore the deeper in trouble they get. This version holds up as a watchable drama, though the original still ticks more boxes for me, it was always going to be a hard act to follow.
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