Hard Men (1996)

Director:

J.K. Amalou

Writer:

J.K. Amalou

Stars:

Layla Aldridge, Victoria Bensted, Ross Boatman

Cast

Credited cast:
Layla Aldridge	...	Girl at Bar
Victoria Bensted	...	Night Club Hostess 1
Ross Boatman	...	Bear
Keith Brown	...	John
Rocky Byron	...	Pimp 1
Dallas Campbell	...	Maltese's Boyfriend
Ken Campbell	...	Mr. Ross
Biba Caprez	...	Tone's Child (2 years)
Emma Caprez	...	Tone's Wife
Mark Channon	...	Hardstore Shop Assistant
Min Clifford	...	Waitress
Stuart Jason Cole	...	Winston
Eamonn Collinge	...	The Maltese
Mirella D'Angelo	...	Chantal
Alec Ewe	...	Chrystal - Transvestite Hostess 1

Storyline

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Taglines:

You Call. They Deliver. It Ain't Pizzas.

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Genres:

Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive strong language, drug use and some sexuality

Details

Country:

UK France

Release Date:

28 February 1997 (UK)

Also Known As:

Skliroi antres

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dacia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

HARD MEN (DIDIER BECU)

"Hard men" never really made it and it's one of the greatest crimes in cinema as this movie made by Amalou (he only made 3 movies since now) is one of the rare pearls in today's British cinema. The violence of course refers to Tarantino, but so what?, hundreds of other movies did and it's absolutely funny. We follow the adventures of three maffiosi (their boss is the legendary Mad Frankie Fraser, played by himself) who earn "their" money. They do have their own techniques and as you can guess it's not exactly the most customer-friendly one. But once you're in the mob, there's no escape and one day one of the three becomes a father and want to become a family man he already wrote his testament. "Hard men" is a typical British movie that only will be understand by those who hate Mel Gibson-movies (the dialogue about whether Abba are good or not, is hilarious. Superb and one of the greatest I saw, plus tons better than overrated Tarantino-copies.