A very tense war thriller with Cillian Murphy is on TV tonight

It’s based on true eventsa

Starring Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy, the film is far from a run‑of‑the‑mill war drama.

Directed by Sean Ellis, the WWII drama sees the pair of Irish actors playing Czech resistance fighters parachuted into Nazi-occupied Prague with a mission that’s as dangerous as it sounds - assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, one of Hitler’s top men and the architect of the Final Solution.

From whispered meetings in dusty safe houses to the constant threat of betrayal, Anthropoid is a slow burner with the tension building until nail-biting final act; a siege in a church crypt.

The film is shot largely in handheld, on Super16mm film to impart texture and grit, making the film feel even more visceral.

Not your typical Saturday-night popcorn stuff, but a smart, sharp and unflinchingly real story.

Anthropoid is on RTÉ2 tonight at 9.30pm.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Death Wish – Virgin Media Two – 12.30am

A surgeon embarks on his own mission for justice following an attack on his wife and daughter after becoming frustrated with the lack of police progress on the case. 

The Day After Tomorrow – E4 – 6.40pm

A climatologist warns global warming will soon result in destructive freak weather, or even another ice age.

Batman Begins – ITV1 – 10.20pm

Comic-book adventure, exploring the origins of the Dark Knight, with Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman and Katie Holmes.

Shrek – ITV2 – 7.10pm

Anti-social ogre Shrek resolves to stop an evil ruler from banishing fairy-tale characters to his swampland home.

Johnny Handsome – Legend Xtra – 11.15pm

A badly disfigured ex-convict undergoes appearance-changing plastic surgery and sets out for revenge on the former accomplices who left him at the mercy of the police.