Offender (2012)

Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.

Director:

Ron Scalpello

Writer:

Paul Van Carter

Stars:

Joe Cole, English Frank, Kimberley Nixon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Cole	...	Tommy
English Frank	...	Jake
Kimberley Nixon	...	Elise
Shaun Dooley	...	Jackie Nash
Israel Oba	...	Mason (as Tyson Oba)
David Ajala	...	Kelvin
Heider Ali	...	Ali
Jacob Anderson	...	Patrick
Vas Blackwood	...	Detective Boaz
G. Frsh	...	Angelface (as G-FrSH)
Mark Harris	...	Governor Davis
Ruth Gemmell	...	Officer Cassie
Aymen Hamdouchi	...	Kamal (as Aymen Hamadouchi)
Daniel Green	...	Lucky (as Dan Jay-Green)
Daniel Kendrick	...	Sicko

Storyline

When hardened thugs assault his fiancée and cause the death of his unborn son, Tommy Nix pursues them for retribution - all the way into Great Britain's worst lock-up for juvenile offenders, a corrupt institution where he has every intent to severely offend.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage boy | male nudity | man hits a woman | reference to kate middleton | reference to prince william | 

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Taglines:

You do the crime. You do the time.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Jovens Delinquentes

Filming Locations:

Petticoat Lane Market, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gunslinger

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Jackie Nash: Come on, girls! Hands off cocks! Into your socks!

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Connections

References The X Factor (2004)

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Soundtracks

Hard Times
Written by Curtis Mayfield
Performed by Baby Huey and the Babysitters (as "Baby Huey and the Baby Sitters")

User Reviews

grows on you, powerful

its an update on scum but very different from recent film dog-pound it actually goes beyond both those due to a truly stunning performance from lead actor Joe Cole who is a newcomer.

Cole is amazing, he has intensity and focus and emotion that reminds me paddy considine sometimes, and also tom hardy in Bronson.

the rest of supporting cast are strong especially the evil prison warden. lots of shaky camera work and a good soundtrack.

very violent sometimes too violent in places, and the ending of this film flips it on you. but after having left it just grows on you and you think more and more about the lives of the two main characters at the end, and what must have happened to them beyond where the story left off, the sign of a good story always if it rattles round in your head as you leave the cinema.

its not really comparable to a Prophete that was a very different film, but this film becomes the new Scum for this century and thanks to actor Cole who will be a star it is powerful enough to be better than Winstone's film from the 80s.