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  • The Business (2005)
    Review preview for The Business

    Like the world it portrays, The Business can be criticised as superficial and derivative, but it accurately depicts the headstrong, cheesy glamour of the period.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    In the mid-80s a young man falls foul of a gangster and is sent to take money to an ex-con in Spain, who invites him to join his team.
  • Dead Man Running (2009)
    Review preview for Dead Man Running

    It's somewhat pedestrian, predicated on decisions that appear ludicrous, and its smartest observation might well be an accident.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    An ex-con goes on a desperate hunt for money to pay back a loan shark who is holding his mother hostage.
  • The Football Factory (2004)
    Review preview for The Football Factory

    Probably a fairly accurate, if brutal, insight into the lives of a group of middle class thugs trying to fill a void in their dull meaningless existences.

    David Stanners · 3 out of 5
    An open view into the degenerate lives of London football casuals.
  • Layer Cake (2004)
    Review preview for Layer Cake

    The latest piece of gangland roughage is suitably violent, with a who-gives-a-monkeys attitude.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Cockney drug dealer become enmeshed in gang war over stolen happy pills.
  • Spivs (2004)
    Review preview for Spivs

    It becomes quite grim and, although by no means perfect, uses the genre expectations to con the audience as well.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Cockney con men bite off more than they can chew.
  • Unleashed (2004)
    Review preview for Unleashed

    Unusually powerful, due to Besson's ability to interweave shockingly brutal violence with intimate human storylines.

    Nick Jones · 4 out of 5
    A Jet Li martial arts extravaganza, with sensitive side issues and Bob Hoskins in bully mode.

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