Fakers (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Richard Janes

Writer:

Paul Gerstenberger (writer)

Release Date:

5 November 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Faking it has never been so good!

Plot:

FAKERS is a sharp, fast moving tale of blackmail and forgery set in the upper echelons of the international art society. Set in present day London and 1911 Italy.

Plot Keywords:

Con Artist | One Word Title | Scam | Independent Film

Cast

Matthew Rhys	...	Nick Edwards
Kate Ashfield	...	Eve Evans
Tom Chambers	...	Tony Evans
Tony Haygarth	...	Phil Norris
Art Malik	...	Foster Wright
Rula Lenska	...	Sylvia Creat
Edward Hibbert	...	Gordon Fisher
Paul Clayton	...	Henry Price
Larry Lamb	...	Harvey Steed
Jonathan Cecil	...	Dr. Fielding
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Barnes	...	Duty Solicitor
Timothy Bateson	...	Old Gezzer
Angela Bradley	...	Barmaid
Andrew Briggs	...	Foster Wright's Driver
Beth Chalmers	...	Claire
Joanna Croll	...	Sylvia's assistant
Ilaria D'Elia	...	Rosa
Félicité Du Jeu	...	Kelly Potrelli
David Florez	...	Prosecution
Stephen Greif	...	Alfonse Potrelli
Sidney Kean	...	Baker
Christopher Kelham	...	Tim
Martin Kennedy	...	Foster Wright's Men
Paul Lacoux	...	Graham
Bruno Lastra	...	Antonio Fraccini
Sam Mancuso	...	The Don
Patricia Marmont	...	Maria
Sally Mates	...	Magistrate
Jonjo O'Neill	...	Micky
John O'Toole	...	Irish Bloke
Sarah Paul	...	Court Clerk
Stuart Stark	...	Man in Market
Dominique Ventura	...	Tommy
Philip Wade	...	Foster Wright's Men

Also Known As:

Faking It (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some nudity.

Runtime:

UK:85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

CALLIDVS

Quotes:

Nick Edwards: Anyone see Friends last night?
[punch]
Nick Edwards: What about ER?
[punch]

Soundtrack:

Where You Gonna Run

Gangster chic - witty but unmemorable

Gangster Chic in which a conman who owes £50,000 finds a rare sketch from an old Italian artist and makes copies to raise enough cash to pay his debt. The treatment is entertaining, funny without destroying the tension, but lacks the depth or breadth to justify the price of admission in the face of worthier movies.

In retrospect, the film looks small budget although struggling along well enough. Competent without any artistic genius sort of thing.

Witty and charming, Fakers is a pleasant enough gangster movie that keeps most of the violence off-screen, but has too little substance to be memorable.