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Director:
John Irvin
Writer:
Scott Cherry (writer)
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Release Date:
13 July 2001 (Spain) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
All That's Left Is... Revenge.
Plot:
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter. full summary | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
Caine In Movie Shocker
 (From WENN. 16 April 2001)

Caine Could Have Been A Gangster
 (From WENN. 25 September 2000)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... Billy 'Shiner' Simpson

Martin Landau ... Frank Spedding
Frances Barber ... Georgie
Frank Harper ... Jeff 'Stoney' Stone

Andy Serkis ... Mel

Claire Rushbrook ... Ruth

Danny Webb ... Karl

Matthew Marsden ... Eddie 'Golden Boy' Simpson
Kenneth Cranham ... Gibson
David Kennedy ... Chris
Peter Wight ... Det. Insp. Grant
Nicola Walker ... Det. Sgt. Garland
Gary Lewis ... Vic
Derrick Harmon ... Michael 'Mikey' Peck
Josephine Butler ... Stephanie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
King Swanny (UK) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some nudity.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The flag on the wall of Mel's bedroom is the national flag of Angola. more
Soundtrack:
T.N.T. more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Caine shines in this knockout film, 8 December 2004
Author: MartynGryphon from Coventry, England

Sir Michael Caine seems to be spending most of his time these days on home soil making home-grown movies, some good (little voice), and some appalling (shadow run). Shiner is Caine back to his best, and it's a role in which he didn't have to act as he was virtually playing a character that mirrored his own life, a working class south Londoner, that has moved on to better things. Billy Shiner Simpson, is a streetwise boxing promoter and organizer of un-licensed or illegal bouts. He not only has connections within the criminal underworld but he also has his fingers in many a dodgy pie. He finally has the option of fulfilling his dream of a major Legal bout in the form of a title fight between his son Eddie, the boy from blighty, matched up against Martin Landau's American fighter. Shiner has put all his money on his lad winning the fight and the title, but all is not well, His partner is pocketing money given to hire fighters for the preliminary bouts, his son is loosing his nerve, The old bill want to arrest him for his role in the death of an unlicensed boxer, and the night is about to get a lot more sinister and deadly, as after loosing the fight, his son is shot dead by a faceless assassin. Caine plays his part brilliantly, similar in style to his portrayal of Jack Carter in 1971's Get Carter, Shiners character is not as cool as Carter in his quest for revenge and is a bit more desperate, but every bit as ruthless. Aided by his two bodyguards, Stoney and Mel (played brilliantly by Andy 'Gollum' Serkis) He must now put the pieces of his shattered dream together and punish those responsible for his sons death. a gritty and uncompromising look at London's boxing culture made even more effective that the character of Shiner Simpson, though fictional for this movie, is a composite amalgam of a group people that really exist in today's London. This is one of Caine's best roles of his long career and certainly his best since the turn of the Milena.

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