The Business (2005)

Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Frankie likes the sun, pools and the cute, bikini clad girls and stays in Spain.

Director:

Nick Love

Writer:

Nick Love

Stars:

Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danny Dyer	...	Frankie
Tamer Hassan	...	Charlie
Geoff Bell	...	Sammy
Georgina Chapman	...	Carly
Eddie Webber	...	Ronnie
Adam Bolton	...	Danny
Linda Henry	...	Shirley
Roland Manookian	...	Sonny
Arturo Venegas	...	Mayor
Camille Coduri	...	Nora
Martin Marquez	...	Pepe
Andy Linden	...	Joe (as Andy Linton)
Sally Watkins	...	Mum
Eduardo Duro	...	Carlos
Tracy Kirby	...	Laura (as Tracey Kirby)

Storyline

Frankie decides he's had enough with his life as a street thug living on a South London estate, and jets off to spain where he meets big time businessman Charlie, who's currently running the hottest bars in the land and also a South London bank robber and drug kingpin. From here on in Frankie signs up to a lifetime of crime, women and drugs and works his way from the bottom to the top of the Spanish cocaine empire with Charlie and Fellow bank robber and drug kingpin Sammy who does not give Frankie the best reception.

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Plot Keywords:

oral sex | panties | femme fatale | drugs | spain | 

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Taglines:

Good fellows in the sun.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language and drug content, violence and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [UK]

Country:

UK Spain

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

2 September 2005 (UK)

Also Known As:

Biznes

Filming Locations:

Calle Apodaca, La Línea de la Concepción

Box Office

Budget:

£2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£531,267 (United Kingdom), 4 September 2005, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vertigo Films, Monkey Productions S.L., Powder Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The DVD features an alternate ending where Frankie meets Carly at the border. There she promptly tells the border guard where to find drugs in Frankie's car.

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Goofs

The scene repeated twice, when Frankie and Charlie are on the run right before attacking the guys doing drugs, both pass in front of two girls, one is wearing the "Frankie says Relax" t-shirt but, on first the take, Charlie looks at her and says: "fuck off". It must be a warning of things to come.

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Quotes

Frankie: My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it?

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Crazy Credits

At the end the credits say that Frankie went to Hollywood as in "Frankie goes to Hollywood". There are some connections between Frankie the character and "Frankie goes to Hollywood" the band in the movie.

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Connections

Referenced in Movie Dude 98 Reviews: City Rats (2017)

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Soundtracks

Echo Beach
Written by Mark Gane
Performed by Martha and The Muffins

User Reviews

for 2 mill it's a gem

I love Nick Love movies. Would really like him to make a big budget movie. I think he's proved his ability as a film maker and needs to be given the chance on the big stage. As a stand alone film i really enjoyed it. I felt the film lost something as it went on, and the format was very similar to The Football Factory, maybe that's just Nicks style. I loved the Love/Dyer commentary routine on the football factory and they were back in full flight again, brilliant. I think for a film that cost 2 million its a gem, and to put it up against other big budget movies of the the same genre is a little unfair. Looking forward to the next