This film is based around the true story of three men murdered in a Range Rover at Rettendon, Essex, in December 1995. As a retired member of the investigating team I awaited this film's release with anticipation, keen to see how the incidents and events of that fateful night had been portrayed.
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Essex Boysconstructs a fictional story around the infamous Range Rover murders in ... more
Rettenden, Essex, in which three local drug dealers were found blasted to death by shotguns. Driving for ex-con Jason Locke (Sean Bean) was just another job for Billy Rey...
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Billy Reynolds is stuck in a dead end job. So when Mr. D. asks him to drive an old friend ... more
around for a day, he accepts, no questions asked. Little does Billy know but he is about to get sucked deep inside the Essex underworld.Jason Locke (Sean Bean) ha...
Essex Boysconstructs a fictional story around the infamous Range Rover murders in ... more
Rettenden, Essex, in which three local drug dealers were found blasted to death by shotguns. Driving for ex-con Jason Locke (Sean Bean) was just another job for Billy Rey...
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Locke (Sean Bean) is a crime boss just released from prison and planning to regain his ... more
former position on top of Essex's criminal underworld. He meets up with Billy a cabbie who becomes intrigued by the power and thrills of a life of crime. Together t...
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A new edition of a book formerly known as "So This is Ecstacy?" this is the true story of ... more
the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang and this is his inside account of their violent ways. Their reign ended when the three leaders were murdered.
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Range Rover after being lured to a deserted farm track by the promise of a lucrative drug deal. The police predicted that the void left as a result of the murders would cause a gangland war that would extend across London and much of the south-east. "Essex Boys The New Generation" tells the chilling true story of the gang that destroyed everything that stood in their way to take control of their fallen predecessors' drug empire. With a reputation for ruthless violence the gang expanded and protected their drug-dealing operation with a terrifying combination of bloodshed and intimidation. In February 2001 tensions within their circle boiled over and resulted in one member being shot dead. The police investigation was met with a wall of silence and for three years it seemed as if the case would remain unsolved.A leading member of the gang was eventually charged but in an unexpected twist he became the prosecution's star witness. While a murder conviction was finally secured the real truth surrounding the murder and the gang's psychotic crimes has never been revealed. Now for the first time former Essex Boys member Bernard O'Mahoney tells the full extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the gang that took over the Essex underworld from him and his associates.
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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
Advantages: Great film based around true events Disadvantages: Not overly memorable
...club and drug culture of East London and Essex were I suppose reasonably accurate. Certainly the writers and producers had researched things and Sean Bean did give a reasonably good performance.
Not the most memorable film but one which holds a particular significance to me.
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This film is based around the true story of three men murdered in a Range Rover at Rettendon, Essex, in December 1995. As a retired member of the investigating team I awaited this film's release with anticipation, keen to see how the incidents and events of that fateful night had been portrayed.
I was a little dissappointed following all the hype the pre-release got but to be fair the film was only loosley based around these events. The portrayal of the gangster underworld, club and drug culture of East London and Essex were I suppose reasonably accurate. Certainly the writers and producers had researched things and Sean Bean did give a reasonably good performance.
Not the most memorable film but one which holds a particular significance to me.
Advantages: True Story, Interesting Story Disadvantages: Not particularly slick, slow start.
...involved with the gangsters in Essex who controls nightclub security and hence supplies their shipments of illicit substances. Sean Bean plays Jason a nut case, who has been inside for 5 years and didn't tell any tales on his chums whilst doing time, but comes back in a bad mood because he doesn't get much reward for his silence and annoyed because all his boys are minted. THIS IS A TRUE STORY. It’s about an absolute hooligan (played very well ... ...edge, treats women terribly and doesn’t trust anyone. He’s not very smart either! The film takes a while to get going and there’s no real story for almost the first hour. There are just different scenes of violence and Bean re-establishing himself and making more money and taking over from different gangs. In these scenes you meet new characters, Beans sidekick (played by the bloke who robbed the train and did one to Acapulco with ...
RichardE 12.02.2001
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...toss up between MI2 and Essex Boys, Essex Boys won.
The film is derived from the Essex Range Rover murders case from three or four years ago. The potential for a good story was good but I came away dissappointed.
I you know the Southend area you'll me more interested in picking out local landmarks than the story line. The only decent character was the driver Billy Wizz. Sean Bean (the star) tried too hard to be Vinnie Jones, some of the humour ...
jacksonandy 08.08.2000
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Advantages: Good performances Disadvantages: Another 'Lahndon' Gangsta Flick
...an action/thriller based in the Essex underworld. It takes its main event - a multiple murder in a Range Rover - from a real event and puts a good story line around it. It is not the same league as Lock Stock but is still a good entertaining film. Sean Bean is very credible as the Hard Man, and has some good up-and-coming actors and actresses supporting him. The twists and turns in the plot offer plently of brain action as well as mindless violence ...
Rickysambo 12.11.2000
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Advantages: I got a pack of tortilla's Disadvantages: No story line
I went to see Essex boys with my other half last Saturday as he really wanted to see it, I had to miss the chance of around 5 drinks in the pub, we bought our tickets and walked into the small cinema room which then made me think this film isn't going to be good, the film began and after 15 minutes I just wanted to run out of the room, it had no story line, and they tried to put on the Essex accents its was so crap (excuse my language) and then they ...
lisamarieellis 21.07.2000
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Advantages: all in all good film Disadvantages: hard to follow at times, sean bean not very convincing
I watched essex boys last night and the only other gangster flick i have seen before is lock stock so i was kinda expecting the same thing - wrong! It is based around a true story of a murder in essex in which 3 blokes were found mysteriously dead in a range rover. The plot is based around billy whizz who acts as the driver for 3 gangsters(one being sean bean)and he finds out what life is really like on the other side. There are some twists and turns ... ...the storyline away! There is a bit of comedy in it but its very dry. I didn't find it very gruesome or compelling in fact i actually lost the plot a couple of times. I didn't think sean bean was very convincing as a gangster either but then again the same could be said of vinnie jones but that worked. Alex Kingston (better known as Elizabeth in E R) was very good in it though as a gangster girlfriend but she couldn't quite get the cockney accent ...
sarahpervin 18.02.2001
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Locke (Sean Bean) is a crime boss just released from prison and planning to regain his former position on top of Essex's criminal underworld. He meets up with Billy, a cabbie who becomes intrigued by the power and thrills of a life of crime. Together they plan a deal with the local drug boss with explosive consequences. Also starring Alex Kingston (of TV's E.R.) as Locke's wife.
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suitably chilling, well scripted, well executed, superb acting from everyone involved - as soon as I can, I intend to make this a part of my video collection
ending is slightly spoiled by the opening scene, also the ending is in a similar vein to Se7en i.e. heart wrenching, which some people might not like (*)
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