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| Charlie Creed-Miles | ... | Billy Reynolds | |
| Sean Bean | ... | Jason Locke | |
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Gareth Milne | ... | Chippy |
| Alex Kingston | ... | Lisa Locke | |
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Amelia Lowdell | ... | Nicole |
| Larry Lamb | ... | Peter Chase | |
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Michael McKell | ... | Wayne Lovell |
| Holly Davidson | ... | Suzy Welch | |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Henry Hobbs | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | John Dyke | |
| Billy Murray | ... | Perry Elley | |
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George Jackos | ... | Kiri Christos |
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Sally Hurst | ... | Beverley |
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Louise Landon | ... | Jemma |
| Gary Love | ... | Detective | |
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The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6th December Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker, three drug dealers well known to the police, were lured to Workhouse Lane, Rettendon. There they were blasted to death with a shot gun while sitting in their Range Rover. They had been lured to their deaths on the pretext of a lucrative drugs deal. The three bodies were found the following morning, 7 December 1995. Written by Anonymous
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Some lines should never be crossed.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence, language, sexuality and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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14 July 2000 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Gangsters - The Essex Boys See more »Company Credits
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Billy Reynolds: [voiceover] And that was that. Job done. Jason needed a new shirt - and the geezer needed a new face!
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Based on a true story See more »Quotes
[Jason has just beaten up a suspected grass, kidnapped him and thrown acid in his face, getting some on his own shirt. He and Billy have driven him to a muddy river bank and left him there, screaming in agony]Billy Reynolds: [voiceover] And that was that. Job done. Jason needed a new shirt - and the geezer needed a new face!
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Statement in opening titles: "This story is inspired by a single true event. It left three men dead, two serving life imprisonment and another living under an assumed identity. The rest is fiction, as are all the characters." See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This film looks cheap, features cheap low-life people, and is shot in a totally nasty, depressing landscape (around Essex and the Thames estuary, particularly the Dartford Bridge area). Furthermore, it's about drugs and dealers, particularly for the youth market. Yet it is interesting to watch, probably due to a very convincing performance by Sean Bean as the revolting Jason.
Sean Bean is usually quite a suave sort of character (Sharpe, Bond films, etc.) yet is both disgusting and convincing in this film. Plays a good London/Essex accent (considering he's from Sheffield) accompanied by tons of evil, sadistic violence.