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  • The Devil's Double (2010)
    Review preview for The Devil's Double

    Lee Tamahori opts to swim in the shallow waters of gaudy exploitation rather than explore some of the deeper issues of the politics of power.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of Uday Hussein, as seen through the eyes of his body double.
  • Hyena (2014)
    Review preview for Hyena

    Bent copper. Check. A liking for the charlie. Check. Shady gangsters operating out of shady strip clubs. Check.

    Robert Munro · 1 out of 5
    The story of a corrupt cop caught up in the London crime scene.
  • Ill Manors (2012)
    Review preview for Ill Manors

    Though it is flawed and uneven and can't escape the wide shadows of the London gangsta/hood films of the last few decades, Ill Manors does showcase a bold and confrontational directing style and subject matter

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    Youth crime drama, set on a London council estate.
  • Miss You Already (2015)
    Review preview for Miss You Already

    The squirm count is off the scale

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Best friends grow up, marry and laugh a lot until one of them is diagnosed with the Big C.
  • Plastic (2014)
    Review preview for Plastic

    It looks like a made-for-TV-movie, with nothing cinematic, nothing original

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Student credit card scammers join forces with low rent street hustlers only to be blackmailed by heavy duty East European gangsters
  • Pusher (2012)
    Review preview for Pusher

    Richard Coyle is decent in the title role, his engaging lead performance is a solid, if not star making turn.

    Scott Macdonald · 2.5 out of 5
    A London drugs dealer finds himself on the wrong side of a ruthless Mr Big. Remake of the 1996 feature.

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