Sugarhouse (2007)

Director:

Gary Love

Writer:

Dominic Leyton (writer)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Cast

Steven Mackintosh	...	Tom
Ashley Walters	...	D
Andy Serkis	...	Hoodwink
Adam Deacon	...	Ray
Ted Nygh	...	Gary
Tolga Safer	...	Sef
Ade	...	Paul
Tracy Whitwell	...	Tanya
Stephen Gressieux	...	Café Owner
Sharnie Hobbs	...	Michela
Steven Robertson	...	Chris the Pinhead
Sharon D. Clarke	...	Crystal
Nicole Kent	...	Sef's sister
Nathan Kent	...	Sef's Brother
Flor Kent	...	Sef's Mother

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, brutal violence, drug content and some nudity.

Runtime:

UK:90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 (theatrical) | Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Lunar Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Hoodwink is shot and killed he lands on the bonnet of the car, slides a little and stops in a vertical position.When the camera pans round again you see that Hoodwink is lying at a horizontal position.

Sugarhouse is sweet as.

I saw this at a preview screening... it was a great atmosphere! Ashley Walters really impresses, are those really his teeth? He looks like he's been living in a sewer for a couple of years! He's trying to sell this gun to middle-class Steve Mackintosh, who has found himself for the first time on the wrong side of town as Walters takes him to his home- an abandoned old warehouse. Andy Serkis plays Hoodwink, who's this bloomin scary Ulster man who's somehow found himself on the local estate with his pregnant girlfriend and now runs it, oh and he's the original owner of this gun and he's not too happy that it's gone missing!

A special mention i think should go to Hoodwink's three henchmen/stooges. They haven't had much of a chance of being mentioned in the build-up to this film, especially when you have Walters, Mackintosh and Serkis starring, but as you will see they turn in really good performances that added to the film no end.

This is a side of the capital that is hardly ever shown in films and it was interesting to see, definitely an intention of the makers to juxtapose this ragged side of London with the brand spanking new (one shot pans up from the estate to a view of Canary Wharf that's just right next to it). The film's also quite bloody, but also had the audience roaring with laughter at some points! The characters were very well constructed and there are very good free-flowing performances by all the actors (director was previously an actor as well i think, so just let them get on with it)... well worth going to see.