This is the story of Martin McGartland who worked undercover as a British agent inside the ... more
Provisional IRA. Captured by the Provos he escaped and re-settled on the mainland but later discovered that he had been deliberately sacrificed by MI5. During ...
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Notorious New York loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson ? GET RICH OR DIE ... more
TRYIN', THE RIGHTEOUS KILL) arrives in London to make an example of Nick (Tamer Hassan ? THE BUSINESS, LAYER CAKE), a reformed ex-con who owes him ?100,000. Given just ...
Fresh out of jail and flat broke, Nick Kane (Tamer Hassan) is a desperate man with 24 ... more
hours to find £100,000. As the recession hits the criminal world as hard as it is hitting Wall Street, notorious gangster and loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis &...
Fresh out of jail and flat broke Nick Kane (Tamer Hassan) is a desperate man with 24 ... more
hours to find '‚£100 000. As the recession hits the criminal world as hard as it is hitting Wall Street notorious gangster and loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) arrives in London with his trusted aide Fitzroy (Ashley Walters) to make a brutal example out of one of his late payers. Smashing his plans of going straight Nick is given exactly 24 hours to come up with the money or face devastating consequences. As a guarantee Thigo's men hold Nick's wheelchair-bound mum (Brenda Blethyn) hostage leaving him no choice but to comply. Enlisting the help of his best mate Bing (Danny Dyer) the boys embark on a frantic race against the clock; taking them from the dog tracks of East London to the underground drug scene of rural Manchester as they try every trick and scam in the book to get the cash before it's too late... Executive produced by football superstars Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole and featuring a hot urban soundtrack with an exclusive track from 50 Cent Dead Man Running is a hilarious all-action thrill ride that ranks among the best crime thrillers of the decade.
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In 1997, Martin McGartland ruffled a few feathers with Fifty Dead Men Walking, a Bravo Two ... more
Zero style account of his life as a Special Branch undercover agent working inside the IRA. The book included various operations that McGartland managed to thwart, a few that he didn't, and culminated in his escape from an IRA punishment squad by throwing himself through a second-floor window, but its chief virtue was to expose the hierarchy of the IRA as being driven by petty-minded viciousness and criminality rather than political idealism. McGartland was no doubt expecting that that was going to pretty much be that as far as books were concerned, and that he could go back to rebuilding a life under an assumed name in northern England. Instead, we have Dead Man Running which, while less sensational and gung-ho than its predecessor, is an altogether darker and more disturbing read. Dead Man Running begins with a phone call from one of McGartland's former Special Branch handlers in Northern Ireland, who tells him that MI5 had actually conspired with the IRA to get McGartland killed and were very annoyed that he had managed to escape. If this has all the hallmarks of a paranoid conspiracy theory, then one can't deny that McGartland is a very convincing conspiracist. He tells of the reluctance of Special Branch to provide adequate protection and how the Northumberland police constantly harassed him-- even though they knew who he was--until he was forced to break his cover in open court, thereby making him an easy target for the IRA death squads, in order to clear his name of criminal charges. But Dead Man Running is more than one man's search for the truth. It is also a fascinating insight into the murky world of Irish politics. We have all heard the gruesome details of the punishment beatings, but McGartland lifts the lid on the compromises that the establishment is prepared to make to reach a settlement with the terrorists. It is a world where people mean nothing and appearance is all, and it leaves you wondering whether a peace at any price is a peace worth having and whether the Good Friday Agreement is worth the paper it's written on. --John Crace
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In 1997, Martin McGartland ruffled a few feathers withFifty Dead Men Walking, a Bravo Two ... more
Zero style account of his life as a Special Branch undercover agent working inside the IRA. The book included various operations that McGartland managed to thwart, a few that he didn't, and culminated in his escape from an IRA punishment squad by throwing himself through a second-floor window, but its chief virtue was to expose the hierarchy of the IRA as being driven by petty-minded viciousness and criminality rather than political idealism.McGartland was no doubt expecting that that was going to pretty much be that as far as books were concerned, and that he could go back to rebuilding a life under an assumed name in northern England. Instead, we haveDead Man Runningwhich, while less sensational and gung-ho than its predecessor, is an altogether darker and more disturbing read.Dead Man Runningbegins with a phone call from one of McGartland's former Special Branch handlers in Northern Ireland, who tells him that MI5 had actually conspired with the IRA to get McGartland killed and were very annoyed that he had managed to escape. If this has all the hallmarks of a paranoid conspiracy theory, then one can't deny that McGartland is a very convincing conspiracist. He tells of the reluctance of Special Branch to provide adequate protection and how the Northumberland police constantly harassed him-- even though they knew who he was--until he was forced to break his cover in open court, thereby making him an easy target for the IRA death squads, in order to clear his name of criminal charges.ButDead Man Runningis more than one man's search for the truth. It is also a fascinating insight into the murky world of Irish politics. We have all heard the gruesome details of the punishment beatings, but McGartland lifts the lid on the compromises that the establishment is prepared to make to reach a settlement with the terrorists. It is a world where people mean nothing and appearance is all, and it leaves you wondering whether a peace at any price is a peace worth having and whether the Good Friday Agreement is worth the paper it's written on. --John Crace
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Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: K.C. Bascombe - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jesse James, Rachel Skarsten, Charles Powell, Linda Purl, Kevin Zegars
Advantages: great entertaining movie Disadvantages: none...unless you don't like blood
fist punches.
The action is more or less non stop, from Schwarzenegger being subdues in the helicopter right through to the very end.
It is almost like two movies rolled into one?..
A prison movie where they have to come up with an ingenious plan to escape the rather deadly prison?
And then 'The RunningMan' game which is the real story of this movie?
The prison scenes are well acted and seem very frighteningly realistic, with the way the prisoners are kept inside the compound with out the need for a fence.
Then, with the escape scenes and the unfortunate recapture you know you are in for a lot more entertainment and some very bloody scenes indeed.
It is a gruesome movie, but what do expect from the big man. There are many excellent scenes, in fact most of the movie is excellent indeed.
If I said anymore about what this ...
Advantages: Great action packed adventure Disadvantages: maybe a little far fetched
Background:
A few weeks ago I read my first novel by P.J.Tracy which I really enjoyed. So I thought I would give these authors another go over the Easter Bank Holiday.
About the Authors
That wasn't a mistake. P.J.Tracy is a Mother and Daughter writing team who write under this pseudonym. They are PJ and Traci Lambrecht. PJ lives in Minneapolis and Traci in California. So far they have written four highly acclaimed and best selling novels, these are: Snow Blind, DeadRun, Live Bait and Want to Play?
The Plot:
Three bodies are discovered naked in a lime quarry near the sleepy town of 'Four Corners' on the Northern Wisconsin woods. Initially the local Police led by Sheriff Halloran start to investigate but are rapidly replaced by the FBI, who throws them of the site.
Meanwhile three friends Grace, Annie from a software ...
Advantages: Enjoyable action, decent violence, gore and Arnie one-liners. Disadvantages: Missing the intelligence of the source novel making it fairly one-dimesional.
THE RUNNINGMAN
Stephen King, you could presume, has a certain degree of foresight. Whilst not exactly identical to his novel The RunningMan (written under his pseudonym Richard Bachman and published in 1982), the likes of Big Brother, Shipwrecked and any other hopeless reality television programme you care to mention certainly conforms to his future society where the masses lap up reality game shows. Yet the game shows in King's world are often deadly to the contestants despite the big money prizes on offer, making it all the more intriguing for the bloodthirsty audiences of the future to enjoy. Imagine being treated to the likes of watching some nobody looking for their 15 minutes of fame "Climbing for Dollars", before they slip and fall into a pit of wild dogs and are torn to shreds by Mutley and Co. for being an utterly miserable ...
Amazing... A must-see movie (Kiss 100FM, 16/09/2009)
An all-action adrenaline pumping thrill-ride – to miss this you'd have to be either crazy or dead (Talksport Magazine, 16/09/2009)
Super slick... see it! (Zoo, 16/09/2009)
DVD Description
Notorious New York loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson – GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN', THE RIGHTEOUS KILL) arrives in London to make an example of Nick (Tamer Hassan – THE BUSINESS, LAYER CAKE), a reformed ex-con who owes him £100,000. Given just 24 hours to come up with the money, and with his wheelchair-bound mother being held hostage by Thigo as collateral, Nick enlists the help of his best friend Bing (Danny Dyer (DOGHOUSE, THE FOOTBALL FACTOTY). In a race against the clock, Nick and Bing embark on a quest that takes in the dog tracks of London's East End and the underground drug scene of Manchester, attempting every scam they know in order to get the money back to Thigo.
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