Plot
A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 5.1/10 (501 voted)
Director:
Nic Auerbach
Stars: Leo Gregory, Vincent Regan, Michael Madsen
Storyline A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal
Writers: Jack Iandoli, Tim Cunningham
Cast: Leo Gregory
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Skinner
Vincent Regan
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Barber
Michael Madsen
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Martell
Robert Fucilla
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Floyd
Steven Berkoff
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The MC
Paul Kaye
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Keys
Beatrice Rosen
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Liza
MC Harvey
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Robbo
Philip Davis
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Stubbs
Terry Stone
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Skipper
Bronagh Gallagher
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Di Baines
Jâms Thomas
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Kelly
Dyfrig Morris
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Nelson
Kellie Acreman
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Temptress 2
Danai Amatyakul
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Bodyguard
Release Date: 8 April 2010
Filming Locations: Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Box Office Details
Budget: £3,000,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
UK:
User Review
A good script is a vital ingredient for any successful movie. Better luck
Rating: 4/10
Wow! So here it is. A recipe for a British gangster film: Firstly you
will need a script that has several male characters giving it large in
fancy motors, sniffing charlie, rumping brasses, beating their chests
and 'effin and blinding' in every sentence they utter for no apparent
reason other than it makes them look hard. NOTE: Do not get weighed
down with a feasible plot! Gangsters don't need an excuse to act like
morons. Voila! Easy ennit! Erm...no actually it isn't. I bought this
film 'On Demand' because I like to support 'British' as much as
possible. I wanted to like it 'I really did'. I am a fan of Leo
Gregory's work, but for me he failed to give the character any depth,
but I'll excuse that cos it could be script related. I didn't really
give a toss for him in this. As for Phil Davies....'Oh Dear'. Woeful.
Every male character in this film seemed to be the same. I read up on
this and I know producer Robert Fucilla created this film to give
himself a platform as an actor and to be fair to him, he's performance
'for an untrained actor' wasn't bad. At least he didn't over act
(unlike Harvey from So Solid) which is usually the faux pas of novice
actors. I admire Fucilla for putting his money where his mouth is
'which is another reason I wanted to like this film', but sorry it was
pretty poor. It's a nice position to be in for an actor 'being able to
finance your own film', but you still need to focus on the product. A
good script is a vital ingredient for any successful movie. Better luck
next time chaps!
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