The skilled pilot Denis Hopkins lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When the gang of criminals headed by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks in his seaside ...
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Jonny Lee Miller | ... | Denis Hopkins | |
| Andy Serkis | ... | Ricky Barnes | |
| Gary Lewis | ... | Ron | |
| Jodhi May | ... | Christine | |
| Paloma Baeza | ... | Valerie Hopkins | |
| Vas Blackwood | ... | Vin | |
| Philip Barantini | ... | Joey | |
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Barry Barnes | ... | D.I. Simm |
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Michael Bates | ... | Spaz |
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Gerry Behan | ... | Guard 1 |
| Des Braiden | ... | Magistrate | |
| Paul Burke | ... | Prison Officer | |
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Barry Cassin | ... | Judge |
| Richard Dormer | ... | Denis' Brief | |
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Phelim Drew | ... | Duty Medical Registrer |
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The skilled pilot Denis Hopkins lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When the gang of criminals headed by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks in his seaside house, Denis offers whatever the criminals want to protect his beloved wife but the evil Ricky kills Valerie. The baby is saved, and later the murderer is arrested and sent to the maximum security prison of Sullen Voe. Denis, moved by the purpose of avenging the death of Valerie, gives the baby and his house to his sister-in-law Christine. Then Denis breaks into a police car and is arrested, but he does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis attempts to escape, forcing his transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches the prison, Ricky sets up a confrontation, but things do not happen the way Denis expected. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Denis: You can't give me what I want.
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The main character Dennis sharpens a spoon in his cell into a weapon by rubbing the end of the (stainless steel) spoon on what is clearly (aluminum) checker plate. As aluminum is a much softer metal than steel, the checker plate would be worn away and it would be impossible to file down the spoon in this way. See more »Quotes
Ricky Barnes: I will give you anything you want.Denis: You can't give me what I want.
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I must admit that I rented this movie on DVD, just because Andy Serkis was in it. He played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings - at least his voice did in the first part. So I was kind of curious to see the man behind the voice. But once I was five minutes past the titles the film kind of grew on me, Andy Serkis or no (although he plays his part rather well).and I really liked it. It is a gruesome story about a burglary gone REAL bad, but still it has got some humor too. This could have been a big hit, if only it had been made in Hollywood. I can see Michael Douglas play a part in the remake... But seriously, it is THAT kind of movie. Innocent guy, lovely wife, loads of money - and all of a sudden it does not matter any more. Great Thriller!