Face 1997 R, 107 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Antonia Bird Cast: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steve Sweeney, Gerry Conlon, Leon Black, David Boateng, Lena Headey, Eddie Nestor, Steven Waddington, Christine Tremarco
Ray (Robert Carlyle) is an aging bank robber involved in what is supposed to be a very large heist. But when the cash is counted, Ray and his cohorts realize that their plans have gone awry, and it looks like they are dealing with a double-cross.
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 R, 105 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Sting, Lenny McLean, P.H. Moriarty, Steve Sweeney, Nicholas Rowe, Nick Marq, Charles Forbes, Peter McNicholl, Frank Harper
Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher), Eddy (Nick Moran), and Bacon (Jason Statham) are London schemers who pool their money and lose everything in a crooked card game. Now, they owe half a million pounds to porn broker "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale (P.H. Moriarty) who gives them one week to pay up.
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Made in Britain 1982 TV, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Clarke Cast: Tim Roth, Terry Richards, Bill Stewart, Eric Richard, Geoffrey Hutchings, Sean Chapman, Richard Bremmer, Christopher Fulford, Jim Dunk, Steve Sweeney
Sixteen-year-old skinhead Trevor (Tim Roth) is spending time in a detention centre where–despite the efforts of his social worker, Harry Parker (Eric Richard)–Trevor refuses to change his mode of behavior to fit into society.
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Nil by Mouth 1997 R, 128 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Oldman Cast: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse, Edna Dore, Chrissie Coterill, Jon Morrison, Jamie Foreman, Steve Sweeney, Terry Rowley
Set in London, this is the story of a dysfunctional family trying to survive despite problems of drug addiction and violence.
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Vig 1998 R, 90 min. Genre: Drama aka: Money Kings
Director: Graham Theakston Cast: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tyne Daly, Paul Lazar, Tony Sirico, Steve Sweeney, Colm Meaney, Frank Vincent
Vinnie (Peter Falk) runs a bar and is the local bookie in a working-class town–a benevolent man in a peaceful community. But things change when the out-of-town mobster boss sends his nephew (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a violent druggie, to act as Vinnie's collection agent. Now Vinnie must act as things get out of control. Falk makes this otherwise weak film watchable.
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| 1. Face (1997)
2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
3. Made in Britain (1982)
4. Nil by Mouth (1997)
5. Vig (1998) aka: Money Kings
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