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Danny Dyer (The Football Factory, The Busines), Craig Fairbrass (Rise of the Footsoldier, The Bank Job), Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers, Doomsday), Phil Davis (Dean Man Running), Steven Berkoff (The Krays) and Billy Murray (Rise of the Footsoldier) come together as one of the greatest British casts in recent memory. Dirty dealings, back-stabbing, insults, threats, blackmail and deception - it's all in a days work for this motley crew who have been assembled for a business venture more treacherous than any kind of criminal behaviour! As sparky fly, it's everyman for himself, take no prisoners and, hopefully, get out in one piece with reputation still in one mangled piece.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Heath
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Quite simply the worst film ever made and everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves....do not buy this film !!!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This really should have been much better, given the wealth of British acting talent appearing in it. The idea is a 'This Is Spinal Tap'-type spoof of the 'microbudget' end of the British film industry and you suspect that it's crammed full of in-jokes which are lost on the rest of us. You also suspect that it was one of those films that was much more fun to make than it is to watch.
Not that it's a total write-off: Roland Manookian strikes the right note of mock earnestness as the self-obsessed director, shadowed everywhere by a fawning Ciaran Griffiths (best known as Mickey Maguire in Shameless). Danny Dyer is quite funny doing 'posh'. Unfortunately, the guy playing the cross-eyed, useless writer (whose name escapes me) gives a performance so utterly lacking in subtlety that it kills the whole film and - irony upon irony - the script is frankly pretty lame too.
What is undeniably hilarious, though, is the desperate way the distributors have given this an utterly misleading cover and made it look like a British gangster film, with a blurb to match. Even the fake film-within-a-film has nothing to do with gangsters. You're fooling no one, guys! You can, in fact, reverse the DVD cover and get the original packaging instead, if you like. This, reminiscent of the way Mad magazine and Krazy comic used to provide handy back-cover 'disguises' so that others couldn't tell you were reading them, is the funniest (and, of course, most ironic) thing about the whole project.
Not that it's a total write-off: Roland Manookian strikes the right note of mock earnestness as the self-obsessed director, shadowed everywhere by a fawning Ciaran Griffiths (best known as Mickey Maguire in Shameless). Danny Dyer is quite funny doing 'posh'. Unfortunately, the guy playing the cross-eyed, useless writer (whose name escapes me) gives a performance so utterly lacking in subtlety that it kills the whole film and - irony upon irony - the script is frankly pretty lame too.
What is undeniably hilarious, though, is the desperate way the distributors have given this an utterly misleading cover and made it look like a British gangster film, with a blurb to match. Even the fake film-within-a-film has nothing to do with gangsters. You're fooling no one, guys! You can, in fact, reverse the DVD cover and get the original packaging instead, if you like. This, reminiscent of the way Mad magazine and Krazy comic used to provide handy back-cover 'disguises' so that others couldn't tell you were reading them, is the funniest (and, of course, most ironic) thing about the whole project.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Truly awful
Got it from Poundsaver...I was robbed! Superb cast on paper, not on film! Lasted 20 mins before binning it. Don't waste your time on it.
Published 4 months ago by R. M. Carr
1.0 out of 5 stars
avoid its more than rubbish. a joker.
all the great london actors in this. i thought yes yes. gosh i turned it of 20 min later. worse film ive ever seen.
Published 8 months ago by tango
1.0 out of 5 stars
pointless
In agreement with a previous reviewer, I only managed 20 minutes too and it's very rare I switch a film off, however bad or boring it seems.
Published 14 months ago by D. Jones
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Film Ever
Do not watch this film! For an hour and a half, absolutely nothing happens.
Just people talking about the same rubbish over and over and over again! Read more
Just people talking about the same rubbish over and over and over again! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Paul The Power
1.0 out of 5 stars
A huge waste of time!
This film is full of some of the best Brtish actors in my opinion...which pretty much has all the big movers and shakers from a lot of the recent gangland style films. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2011 by MadMike
1.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Awful
Stay away from this film whatever you do. Its simply awful from start to finish. Worst film i have purchased for 2010 which is a pity as it has a really good cast. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2011 by I Wilson
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of money
Turned off this film after just 20 mins. Cannot see the point! Danny Dyer has made some cracking films but this is NOT one of them. Awful!
Published on 11 Nov 2010 by ryanandgem
1.0 out of 5 stars
just for the record-the biggest pisstake ever?
i love danny dyer,seen a lot of his other films but this is THE WORST FILM i have ever seen in my life.its got some great actors which makes it even more disappointing. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2010 by paul
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just for the pappy-show!
Saw this film not too long ago. It's probably one of the worst movies I've seen.
Even though i watched it, I slept through it. Read more
Even though i watched it, I slept through it. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2010 by W. Joseph
1.0 out of 5 stars
just for the record...
Bought from a supermarket - the synopsis makes this appear to be another danny dyer / brit crim type drama... Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2010 by shrubbie
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