Hyena

20142014
UnratedUnrated
1h 52min

6.2/10

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?

6.2/10

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Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations

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Hyena - Official Trailer - Tribeca Film

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Hyena - Talk - Tribeca Film

Mem Ferda (Akif Dikmen) and Peter Ferdinando (Michael) in HYENA (2014)

Polly Maberly and Gerard Johnson. Hyena premier (20 Apr 2015)

Michael Logan is a police detective in London. His area is drugs and this brings him into contact with European drug syndicates. Logan is happy to turn a blind eye to their dealings, for a cut, or confiscate suppliers' merchandise for their own profit. So far he and his equally-crooked police colleagues have done quite well out of this. Then a deal he was planning with a member of a Turkish drug cartel goes sour and the balance of power swings to an Albanian gang, run by two brothers, the Kabashis. Logan quickly aims to provide the Albanians with the same service he provided the Turks, but they aren't easily lead. Meanwhile, he an his colleagues are being investigated by Internal Affairs. Just to make his life more complicated, he has been seconded to a vice task force, run by a former colleague whom he does not get along with. —grantss

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Trivia
Col Needham, founder and CEO of IMDb, included this film in his list of top films of the year 2014.

Quotes
Nick Taylor: My... name is... My name is Detective Inspector Nick Taylor... Michael Owen... IS GUILTY OF CORRUPTION!... THEFT!... EXTORTION!... INTIMIDATING WITNESSES! BRIBERY! YOU WANT ME TO GO ON? EH? ASSAULT! FRAUD!...
Michael: SHUT UP!

Soundtracks
Do Ya Wanna Funk
Written by Sylvester (as James Sylvester), Patrick Cowley (as Patrick James Cowley)
Performed by Sylvester with Patrick Cowley
Published by Sequins at Noon Music/IQ Music Ltd and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd
Courtesy of Unidisc Music Inc
(P) 1982 Unidisc Music Inc

Top review

Okay

Really, when it comes down to it, I'm between a 6 and a 7 for this. It's fairly enjoyable, it just doesn't really do anything out of the ordinary until its ending. And if the mainstream likes this, they will absolutely hate the ending and everything it stands for. I don't say that lightly, they will definitely hate it and as a result hate the overall film. I do think the filmmakers should be given props for it, certainly did what they wanted and would rather make a great thematic point than try to just please audiences, and in that respect, they should be congratulated (and it also helps that it's the ind of ending that I usually love, so I wasn't displeased). The lead is really good and at times you really do wish that he was in a better film.

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