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There have been many movies set inside British lock-ups, ranging from grim and gritty (‘Hunger’, ‘Starred Up’) to oddly jaunty (‘The Italian Job’, ‘Paddington 2’).
- Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
- Get Carter
- The Long Good Friday
- '71
- The Brothers Grimsby
- Interview with A Hitman
- Hot Fuzz
- The Veteran
- Left For Dead
- Snatch
It's Ritchie again. It isn't his fault that he is good, right? His directorial debut left plenty of people awed. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is a slick film with little thrills meant to shock and amuse in equal measure. It is also the film that introduced Jason Statham to a global audience. He went on to appear in dozens of Hollywood films bu...
The violence inGet Carter looks so real, you'd suspect the actors Michael Caine was landing real punches. You can even see the grimace on his face whenever he hits someone, implying that his fist is feeling the pain too. The movie was adapted from the1970 novel Jack's Return Homeby Ted Lewis. Caine stars as English gangster Jack Carter out for bloo...
Helen Mirren in a gangster flick? Ooh yeah! Feed it to us. In the movie, she plays Victoria, the girlfriend to a London gangster called Harold Shand. The ruthless Harold has a firm hold on the city. He controls the docks through which all the contraband goods and drugs enter the country. He also lives large, partying on his yacht and residing in a ...
How cool is it for a movie title to be just a number? Sam Mendes must have gotten some inspiration from '71 fr his critically acclaimed World War I movie 1917. Just like 1917, the title '71 actually refers to the year in which the movie is set - 1971. There are plenty of foot chases and shootouts in '71so be prepared for a wild ride. The events of ...
Whenever you see Sacha Baron Cohen in a movie poster, you can be quite sure that there'll be an overabundance of weird but hilarious moments. The Brothers Grimsbyis no different. It's a mixture of laughs and endless action sequences that will leave you switching between the statements "Did I just see that?" and "That is awesome!" In the movie, Nobb...
Interview With A Hitmanis told in flashbacks. A former assassin called Viktor tells his story to a director who wants to make an interesting movie to save his career. Viktor narrates how he became popular in the underworld in Romania but fled to London after a bounty was put on his head. RELATED: The 10 Best Movie Hitmen, Ranked In London, he meets...
In Hot Fuzz, a Simon Pegg stars as Nicholas Angel, a London cop who is too good at his job. He gets a promotion and gets relocated to the village of Sandford. From the city to the village? Bizzare promotion. Anyway, Angel finds his new job boring until a series of deadly accidents occur and make him realize that there is something sinister going on...
If you are a fan of conspiracy films, then this is your best bet in British cinema. In it, a British soldier called Robert Miller returns from Afghanistan to find that his hood in South London Heygate Estate has been infiltrated by criminal youth gangs. The head of the gangs happens to be a local drug lord who wants Jones to work for him but he ref...
Left For Dead is like the British version of The Raid. Just like in the iconic Indonesian film, most of the actors in Left Ford Deadwere unknown martial artists with no acting experience. And boy did they do a good job. The action keeps coming even when you've had your fill. But you won't mind. RELATED: 10 Best Martial Arts-Fueled Movies For Everyo...
Snatch is simply Guy Ritchie trying to remake Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. There is the same stylish method of direction. There is also a convoluted plot that you only get to understand later. Most of the actors are also the same. Surprisingly, despite having similar themes, Snatchstill manages to feel better and superior. The movie follows T...
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i recently have been watching a lot of these kinds of films and can say they are my favourite genre. mainly looking for ones set/filmed around the 2000s - early 2010s, need some good hidden gems to add to the watchlist. kinda looking for ones like Harry brown (2009) and Kidulthood (2005).
Oct 10, 2023 · Legend, Layer Cake, and Croupier are must-see British crime and gangster films that weren't directed by the iconic Guy Ritchie.
- Jeremy Urquhart
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Oct 9, 2014 · An often overlooked and under-appreciated sub-genre in international filmmaking, British Crime films are a lot like a good dive bar: questionable and somewhat shady looking at first glance, but unbelievably satisfying and full of surprises once you find out what’s really going on.
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Greatest British movies which are set in Britain or have a majority of British characters. If the cast has a mixture of nationalities and the location hasn't been made clear in the movie, then I look towards the director/writer to determine whether the movie can be classified as British.
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