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Release Date:
8 October 1993 (UK) moreTagline:
London Is Not Only Losing Her Soul To The Americans, She's Selling It. morePlot:
The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
No computer generated effects low budget film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harvey Keitel | ... | John Harris | |
| Iain Glen | ... | Edward Foster | |
| John Wood | ... | Richard Donnelly | |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Sidney Callow | |
| Keith Allen | ... | Jack Doyle | |
| Craig Kelly | ... | Christian O'Neill | |
| Thandie Newton | ... | Rachael Stevens | |
| Viggo Mortensen | ... | Carl Frazer | |
| Dave Duffy | ... | Louis Carnegie | |
| Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Brian Carver | |
| Nigel Clauzel | ... | Lionel Stevens | |
| Huggy Leaver | ... | Mark Byrne | |
| Dig Wayne | ... | Gary Washington | |
| Christopher Adamson | ... | Billy Cohen (as Chris Adamson) | |
| James Duggan | ... | Dermot O'Neill |
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UK:103 min | Brazil:104 minCountry:
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During one of the club scenes, a remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Gave Up" is playing. This version has never been released officially or unofficially and the only know fragment can be heard in this movie. It appears to be an alteration of the remix found on NIN's EP "Fixed." moreSoundtrack:
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The Young Americans is set in London in the mid 1990s. The plot basically surrounds the London drugs trade and the British Police's crack down on it. Well what could be easier than that? Add Harvey Keitel as an American 'visiting adviser' from the DEA and a few shady characters.
In whole its not a bad film, its over ten years old now and was obviously low budget! A scene where a Ford Granada explodes it clearly goes bang, and just as well because I doubt they could afford another to do it again.
Cropping up in the film is a character called Chris who adds the love elements to the movie, played by Craig Kelly, who later finds more TV fame in the UK version of Queer as Folk.
The annoying thing about this movie is the over acting "British" voice, making Harvey Keitel sound very American and the British officers toffy noised! For a movie made and set in London it is a poor feature.