A Day of Violence (2010)

Director:

Darren Ward

Writers:

Darren Ward
Chris Barfoot (script editor)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Redemption comes at a price ...

Plot:

Mitchell Parker lies dead on a morgue slab. In life, 'Mitchell' served the low ranks of Debt Collectors...

Plot Keywords:

Morgue | Bar | Gore | Shot In The Chest | Criminal Underworld

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Hopper
Nick Rendell	...	Mitchell
Christopher Fosh	...	Chisel
Victor D. Thorn	...	Curtis Boswell
Peter Rnic	...	Madock
Steve Humphries	...	Smithy
Helena Martin	...	Suzy
Tina Barnes	...	Abbi
Forbes KB	...	Noodles
Pete Morgan	...	Danny
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Barfoot	...	The Shopkeeper
David Blade	...	Mortuary Attendent
Michael Blown	...	Goon 5
Stephen Churchett	...	Goon 6
Errol Clarke	...	Fingers
Andy Frith	...	Frithy
Harold Gasnier	...	Casey
Sasa Ilic	...	Knuckles
Dave Judge	...	Patrick Maloney
Steve Laight	...	Goon #4
John Lush	...	Goon #1
James Mason	...	Goon #2
Bryony Meachen	...	Holly Parker
Fabrizio Santino	...	Fabrizio
Chris St. Omer	...	Big Chris
Mike Wilks	...	Goon #3

Directed by
Darren Ward

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Chris Barfoot		script editor
Darren Ward

Produced by
Dave Andrews	....	producer
Ian Andrews	....	producer
Catherine Friend	....	producer
Pillinger Kathy	....	producer
Janet Lush	....	producer
Malcolm Lush	....	producer
Maria O'Reilly	....	producer
Glen Wale	....	producer
Darren Ward	....	producer
Terry Ward	....	producer
Charles Winfield	....	producer

Original Music by
Dave Andrews

Cinematography by
John Raggett

Film Editing by
Darren Ward		(co-editor)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stefan Smith	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Dave Eccleston	....	audio mastering engineer
Richard Moore	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Cesar Alonso	....	special effects makeup
Stuart Browne	....	special effects makeup
Scott Orr	....	special effects makeup
Alastair Vardy	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Dave Judge	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Mitchell	....	camera operator

Other crew
David King	....	runner

Production Companies

• Giallo Films (presents)

Distributors

• 101 Films (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Elephant Films (2011) (France) (all media)
• Giallo Films (2008) (UK) (DVD)

Runtime:

UK:91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:18

Filming Locations:

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Giallo Films

Disappointing film that doesn't deliver

Mitchell (Nick Rendell) is a hard man debt collector who thinks he's hit it big time when he stumbles across £100,000 while collecting a debt from addled drug dealer Hopper (Italian horror legend Giovanni Lombardo Radice)

However, it turns out that the money belongs to his new boss, gangster Curtis Boswell (victor D Thorn) who promptly sends Mitchell to find his loot. So begins a nightmare for Mitchell, who must stay one step ahead of his crime colleagues if he wants to stay alive...

A Day Of Violence is nothing special trash, and I've no problem with trash per se- as long as it's entertaining, but unfortunately, it isn't. Shot on video, it has unconvincing performances from Victor Thorn as the rather well spoken crime boss, as well as clichéd hard men in black suits spouting pretty woeful dialogue. It has one or two nice gore scenes and director Darren Ward's heart is in the right place, as the film is nicely exploitative. It just isn't very good, and you won't really care what happens to the characters anyway.

A Highly disappointing and mediocre film, it's probably best watched drunk, or else not watched at all, because nobody's missing anything here at all.