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Freight (2010)A Russian gang in the UK traffic Eastern Europeans then enslave them, the women to sex, the men to illegal fights. They cross a local businessman and a war escalates. Director:Stuart St. PaulWriter:Stuart St. Paul |
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Gabe Taylor
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| Craig Fairbrass | ... |
Jed
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| Laura Aikman | ... |
Julie Taylor
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Stevie Taylor
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| Danny Midwinter | ... |
Cristi
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| Luke Aikman | ... |
Karl
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Zsolt Nagy | ... |
Fryderyck
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| Jean Heard | ... |
Rhoda Taylor
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| Andrew Tiernan | ... |
Stanni
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Sonny
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Ewa
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Stephen Uppal | ... |
Zaf
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Aleksandra Koblielak | ... |
Carla
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Emil
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Mitch
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A Russian gang operating in Leeds with no respect for the laws of England, traffic Eastern Europeans in containers then enslave them, the women to sex, the men to illegal fights. They cross local businessman Gabe Taylor and a war escalates, but when his daughter is taken to be sold into the sex trade, Gabe fights back. Written by Stuart St Paul
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2010 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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£2,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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I caught this in Cannes and was thoroughly impressed as the UK has been crying out for a good, character-based action film for ages. The set-pieces in the film (some brutal cage fights and other action scenes) are really well structured, but more importantly they all have a sense of character. You really care about the characters involved and their motivations dictate the actions they take. Also the action is refreshingly realistic and crisply shot and edited, unlike a lot of other films these days.
I won't mention any spoilers but the performances here are very good, especially Billy Murray as Gabe, and Danny Midwinter who gives a genuinely terrifying performance as the main villain Christi. Craig Fairbrass lends solid support but his character is the only one that feels slightly under-written, unless perhaps some of his character's scenes were deleted? Christi's main henchman (Andrew Tiernan I think) and the main cage fighter character were both splendid as well.
The ending of the film is a bit ambiguous but this only adds to the reality of the situation portrayed.
I would recommend Freight to fans of action drama, and for fans of cracking, old-school British cinema. You won't be disappointed.