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Brendan Foley (writer)
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Stop running. Face the future.
Plot:
Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison... more | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vinnie Jones ... Johnny Doyle
Patrick Bergin ... Flynn

Eriq La Salle ... Julius

Samantha Mumba ... Rita
Lennox Lewis ... Ras

Roger Daltrey ... Jimmy

Laurence Kinlan ... Michael
Wilson Jermaine Heredia ... Sparra
Mark Asante ... Nathan

Sam Sarpong ... Skipp

Charles Porter ... Diggs
John Fashanu ... DJ Fash
Colin Stewart ... Druggie
Emma Little ... Cafe Waitress (as Emma Lyttle)
Gerard Carlin ... Dead Junkie
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Rated R for violence, pervasive language, drug use and brief nudity.
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USA:93 min
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Lennox Lewis spent his honeymoon in Belfast filming the movie less than a week after the wedding in Jamaica. more
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Anachronisms: In the shootout scene with the police in chapter 10, the white police Vauxhall Vectra has the registration number ATM 874L, this is a 1972 registration and the car is clearly post 2000. more
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References Fantasia (1940) more

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20 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Johnny IS, 9 April 2006
10/10
Author: rustyandamber from Dublin

Go see this movie. Good story. Not boring. Good actors. Liked the Brixton setting - liked multi-racial story and music -- and love story. Vinnie and Samantha very hot together.

Music was a big thing - I like rap and rock but reggae is totally different. Lennox's mixes were great.

Even though it obviously wasn't shot in London, I liked that it was about Irish people and Multi-racial people in London. Wasn't just a boring bunch of Brits.

Eriq LaSalle gave the movie a lot of tension and excitement. Loved the scenes with him and Patrick Bergin. Very unique seeing the two cultures go at it and play cat and mouse.

Recommend a lot.

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