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Alex De Rakoff (written by)
John Luton (story)
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30 October 2009 (UK) more
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A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it... more | add synopsis
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(28 articles)
Danny Dyer: 'I'll get married next year'
 (From digitalspy. 9 December 2009, 12:33 PM, PST)

Dyer: 'Ashley Cole is a shy, nice man'
 (From digitalspy. 29 November 2009, 5:16 AM, PST)

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Very average Brit gangster flick more (7 total)

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50 Cent ... Thigo

Tamer Hassan ... Nick

Danny Dyer ... Bing

Monet Mazur ... Frankie

Brenda Blethyn ... Mother

Bronson Webb ... Smudger

Blake Ritson ... Jarvis

Esmé Bianco ... Herself - Featured Burlesque Performer

Joe Egan ... Big Man

Scot Williams ... Tommy

Rupert Degas ... Football Commentator

Jeff Stewart ... Tiffany's Client

Robert Stone ... The Lump

Viv Weatherall ... Motorcycle Policeman
Trevor Byfield ... The Mark

Glenn Doherty ... Petrol Attendant

Adam Saint
Jodi McAllister ... Sexy Lil Bit
Lauren Reading ... Lady Of The Night 1
Andrea Newland ... Bank Cashier
Nakeba Buchanan ... Yardie Girl
Amy Lawson ... Lady Of The Night 2
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92 min
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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Very average Brit gangster flick, 4 November 2009
5/10
Author: Tin Tin-3 from Edinburgh, Scotland

I wasn't expecting great things from this movie and I wasn't disappointed. The plot is very two-dimensional but done reasonably well, the film is well-paced and directed competently with a fair bit going on in its 90-ish minute runtime. It's never going to trouble the Academy but it pretty much does what it says on the tin as a run-of-the-mill UK gangster flick.

The performances leave a little bit to be desired, however. Danny Dyer, who now seems hopelessly typecast, really phones in his performance and it would be nice to see him given a role which might stretch him. If he keeps taking roles like this one, though, it ain't going to happen. Here Dyer is reunited with his co-star from 'The Business' (ten times the film that 'Dead Man Running' is, by the way) Tamer Hassan. Hassan, again, means well but again he's given very little to work with. It's a shame as both he and Dyer have, I feel, more to offer than this formulaic 'good-guys-gone-a-little-bad' buddy-buddy nonsense.

The chief baddie is 'played' by Curtis 'fifty pence' Jackson and it's not good, people. I'm not a fan of his music but he undeniably has talent, just not on the boards. His performance is borderline embarrassing but thankfully he doesn't take up much screen time.

Not a great movie, not a disaster either. Just average.

I did chuckle when I saw the name of footballer Rio Ferdinand in the credits as an 'executive producer' and the Jar-Jar Binks lookalike even gets a dedicated (and very clunky) line in the script. Rio's got his insipid 'Number 5' online magazine going on and now fancies himself as a mover and shaker in the film world but someone really ought to take the big man to one side and quietly explain to him that he is not in any way 'cool', nor will he ever be. Stick to football, Rio, you're quite good at that (recent performances aside).

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