Advantages: A cast of fine actors Disadvantages: Too much going on
...illegally are being tracked by the police. They manage to escape and set up shop elsewhere, but manage to attract the attention of Iggy, one of the police officers on their case. When he hears that his brother has committed suicide because of debts owed to the bookies, Iggy decides to seek revenge on his brother's behalf. The story is further complicated by Leon, a simple, but kindly, man, who is friends with the bookies - wanting to help a neighbour ... ...to accidentally kill one of the bookies' victims. Will the bookies manage to escape from Iggy's clutches? Will Leon manage to rescue his neighbour from death by domestic violence? And in all the madness, will Iggy's wife have their child without any complications?
I was attracted to this DVD (which is known as Lesser Prophets in the US), although I had never heard of it before, simply by the impressive cast list, including actors like John Turturro, ...
sunmeilan 26.02.2009
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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
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
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