Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)

Mob Boss is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought after Porsche The Sherbet Lemon and has one million pounds in dirty ... See full summary »

Director:

David L.G. Hughes

Writer:

David L.G. Hughes

Stars:

Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower

Cast

Credited cast:
Philip Barantini	...	Dean
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Jackie
Adrian Bower	...	Gerry
Liz May Brice	...	Jenna
Paul Freeman	...	Shrewd Eddie
Ty Glaser	...	Porsche
Laura Greenwood	...	Delta
Ian Hart	...	Joyce
Nathaniel Martello-White	...	Jermaine
Danny Sapani	...	Leroy
Peter Wight	...	Jimmy The Gent
Scot Williams	...	Johnny
René Zagger	...	Fred

Storyline

Mob Boss is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought after Porsche The Sherbet Lemon and has one million pounds in dirty cash stashed in a briefcase at his home. However, nothing in this world comes without a price, and this weekend his boss and top-dog London Mobster, Jimmy The Gent is coming to collect the money which belongs to him. Meanwhile, reluctant ex-con Johnny The Glacier Mint is forced into pulling off a heist to get his hands on the cash himself. What none of them realize is that seven other dangerous criminals also have plans to get their hands on Jimmy's money and will do whatever it takes to get rich.

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Taglines:

No soft centres.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Balas da Pesada

Filming Locations:

Radlett, Hertfordshire, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fatal Black

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Crikey Villains" was the working title of the film which, during post production, was officially changed to "Hard Boiled Sweets". This new title was agreed on due to the fact it not only reflected the final edit, overall style and content, but also celebrated the original influence hard-boiled fiction had in the writing process.

User Reviews

Awful.

A boring, derivative, badly directed and amateurishly written film. The only other review on IMDb is written by a crew member's relative, and the quote on the poster was paid for - see the readers talk back section on Ain't-it-cool (www.aintitcool.com/node/53709). The real reviews have called it "the worst film of the year", which is much closer to the truth. The characters are clichéd, the plot badly-structured, it has no humour, no suspense, it's glib and cynical. The only thing to take away from this waste of time is that it's an exercise in dishonest film marketing - I guess that's to be expected, as the "director" is a trailer editor. He should stick to doing just that and let the grown-ups make films.