Production Year: 2005 - Action/Adventure - Director: Nick Love - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman, Camille Coduri more
On the lam in 1980s England, Danny heads to the gangsters' paradise of Spain's Costa del Sol to make a delivery of cash to a noted ex-criminal, Charlie. There, Danny meets... more
The Business DVD
This firm will blow you away... The director and cast of The Football Factory relocate to ... more
Spain's Costa Del Crime for this swaggering gangster film a savagely funny tale of suntanned playboys blokey camaraderie and violence that's as casual as the n...
The Business
Imelda Dooley is scared. Really scared. She's played hard and fast and now she's been ... more
caught. She's pregnant and now she's on her own. Her father not a man to mess with will see that somebody pays for this. And it's not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley's husband is killed in the night's events she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. And graft she does becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughter's life spiral into a vicious hate-fuelled cycle of drugs and prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imelda's existence are Mary's adored grandchildren Jordanna and Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isn't yet three and she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother Kenny and try not to draw unwanted attention to herself. Set in the East End of London from the tail-end of the seventies up until the present-day THE BUSINESS is a tale of drugs prostitution and a young girl's fight for survival -- against all the odds.
The Business
A tale of drugs prostitution and a young girl's fight for survival - against all the odds ... more
Imelda Dooley is scared. Really scared. She's played hard and fast and now she's been caught. She's pregnant and now she's on her own. Her father not a man to mess with will see that somebody pays for this. And it's not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley's husband is killed in the night's events she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. And graft she does becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughter's life spiral into a vicious hate-fuelled cycle of drugs and prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imelda's existence are Mary's adored grandchildren Jordanna and Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isn't yet three and she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother Kenny and try not to draw unwanted attention to herself. Set in the East End of London from the tail-end of the seventies up until the present-day THE BUSINESS is a tale of drugs prostitution and a young girl's fight for survival -- against all the odds.
The Business
Frankie, (Danny Dyer, Football Factory) is on the run from the high-rise's of South ... more
London, to a new life in Malaga with nothing but a tin stuffed full of cash. Having no idea that this delivery of cash to super-suave playboy and ex-con Charlie, (Tamer Hassan, Layer Cake) will change his life forever, he soon becomes one of the gang, and finds himself drawn into a flamboyant and violent world of organised crime. The Business, directed by Nick Love (The Football Factory) is a story of passion, crime and friendship tested to the limit.
The Business
Frankie (Danny Dyer, Football Factory) is on the run from the high-rise's of South London ... more
to a new life in Malaga with nothing but a tin stuffed full of cash. Having no idea that this delivery of cash to super-suave playboy and ex-con, Charlie (Tamer Hassan; Layer Cake) will change his life forever, he soon becomes one of the gang, and finds himself drawn into a flamboyant and violent world of organised crime. The Business, directed by Nick Love (The Football Factory) is a story of passion, crime and friendships tested to the limit.
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A review by paulmiceli on The Business (DVD) May 10th, 2006
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Indifferent to it
Story
Very ordinary
Characters / Performances
Unmemorable
Special Effects
Standard
Soundtrack
Good
Advantages:
Geoff Bell as Sammy - An unpredictable permed timebomb !
Disadvantages:
Nick Love's worst film yet !
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
Full review
============= THE BUSINESS on DVD ===================
Following the relative success of the ultimately disappointing "THE FOOTBALL FACTORY", Nick Love returns to the British film market with another predictable amalgamation of sex, drugs and mindless violence in a Costa Del Sol caper that exposes the limitations of a mediocre film director and his cast.
Where Guy Ritchie took an ailing British film market and used the same ingredients to produce cinema classics, so Nick Love seems determined to drag the industry further back than ever. "THE BUSINESS" is another bland testament to his shortfalls and lack of original ideas. Take the same cast, concept and camerawork from your last effort and do it all over again in the sunshine. In the words of pretty much every character to be scripted in a Nick Love offering, one feels tempted to ask that oft-coined phrase from our tepid Cockney friends. Are you trying to mug us off, or what? ==== THE STORY ==========
Fearing for his personal well-being after attacking his mothers' abusive boyfriend, Frankie (Danny Dyer) takes up the offer of an escape to the sun in the guise of delivering a mysterious holdall to the ridiculously over-tanned Charlie (Tamar Hassan).
For reasons best known to the director, Charlie takes a shine to young Frankie and takes him under his wing by offering him a job as his personal driver. So far, so good. A nice little number on the Costa Del Crime and everything is looking rosy for our hero.
Enter the psychopathic Sammy (Geoff Bell), a chilling henchman with one eye on the next victim and the other on his excessively flirty girlfriend Carly (Georgina Chapman). When Frankie starts cutting in on Sammy's relationship with Charlie, things begin to get tense. When Frankie starts taking a shine to Carly, it's only a matter of time before Sammy loses the plot and all hell breaks lose.
As Charlie's mob become more and more involved with a ridiculously plotted drug smuggling scheme, the cracks start to show and friendships become strained. Will Frankie cut his losses and run, or will the lure of "being somebody" prove too much for him as greed and addiction take their toll? ========== THE CHARACTERS ================
I'm so, so sorry for having to write this. For a short while I honestly believed this country had a gem on their hands with Danny Dyer. Superb as Moff in "HUMAN TRAFFIC", Dyer also rose above the amazingly poor Vinnie Jones in the remake of "THE MEAN MACHINE, in spite of the fact his role was little more than a cameo. Unfortunately Dyer seems to delight in being the most typecast actor of his generation and although playing chirpy cockney underdogs may mean an easy pay cheque, his luck isn't going to last forever and when the British public become as tired with Mockney Gangsterism as I am, you fear the worst for him.
There's nothing really wrong with Frankie as a character. He's likeable enough and there's a good kid hiding beneath the gullibility and naivety. It's just that we've seen Danny Dyer do this with alarming regularity and I'm bored to the teeth with it.
Tamar Hassan as Charlie does nothing for me whatsoever. His limp portrayal of Millwall mob general Fred in "THE FOOTBALL FACTORY" is flawlessly equalled in another damp squib of a performance. This guy is as static as a rabbit waiting to feel the quality of half-worn Dunlop tyre. When a character is as unrealistic as Charlie you generally need somebody of exceptional talent to pull the role off. Hassan simply doesn't have that talent at his disposal and it's almost sad to watch at times.
Equally, Georgina Chapman does little more than annoy in the role of the predatory Carly. Admittedly, she's a good looking girl and I can imagine most men watching this film wanting to sleep with her. From the perspective of a review, I'd sooner grab her by the scruff of the neck and slap her if there was any chance of livening her up a little. Have to admit that she does have the cutest freckles though!
The whole film is probably saved by the excellent Geoff Bell, who casts a frightening figure as Charlie's right hand man Sammy. Bell holds a psychotic spell over the viewer for most of his involvement in the film and you genuinely don't have a clue what he's going to do next. You'd like to see Sammy have a square go with Robert Carlysle's Begbie from "TRAINSPOTTING" - It'd be one hell of a good fight! The only drawback to Bell's performance is the most nancy perm I've ever seen in my life. If anyone ever casts Tony Woodcock as an axe-wielding nutcase he'll be able to do his homework here!
A quick mention too for the creditable performance of Roland Manookian as Sonny, the bussed-in rent boy who proves a wonderful distraction for the corrupt local Mayor. Having reformed from his former ways, Sonny is shocked when he is left alone with the Mayor and responds to an indecent proposition by stabbing his would-be suitor in the buttocks with a fork. As Charlie comes in to see what the commotion is all about, Sonny tells him that "the geezer got his knob out so I done him in the arse". "Good boy!" replies Charlie. Best moment of the film by a country mile! ====== THE VISUALS ============
The camerawork isn't actually that bad and the excellent use of colours against assorted Mediterranean desert backdrops work well. The 1980's setting allows for a little fashion fun as well. Dyer's emergence from a store changing room decked in classic 1983 Fila white is hilarious, as is the sheen on pretty much every suit worn in the film.
Shots from the inside of Charlie's packed nightclub are also very well carried out and give a feeling of fluency throughout proceedings. There's some good distance camerawork as well, particularly the panoramic capture of the beachfront early in the film.
One feels that if Nick Love could combine a decent storyline with a competent cast then the rest would follow because as a spectacle this film is reasonably acceptable.
======== THE LOW DOWN ==============With the exception of Geoff Bell's saving performance, this film simply doesn't cut it as a recommendation for anybody's future viewing apart from the most ardent of Danny Dyer's supporters. And that's where the problem starts for me.
Anyone who read my "THE FOOTBALL FACTORY" review will recall my praise for Frank Harper's contribution as the unnervingly volatile Billy Bright, and that's where the similarities begin. It takes an engaging psychopath to draw anything from either production and there are a host of other comparisons to be made throughout the whole of "THE BUSINESS".
Nick Love just about survived with the casting in "THE FOOTBALL FACTORY" but it didn't really blow anybody away, so why use prominent members of the cast in a similar offering only 12 months down the line? The scripting is also woefully tiresome. I'm a firm believer that foul language has its place when used as emphasis or as a context, but as repetitive filler for a poorly composed literary offering it becomes tedious and irritating.
Even the closing credits are exactly the same, with stills of each actor alongside subtitles in a perverse slide show that tells anyone who's been masochistic enough to stay in their seats for that long of what the character did next. By this stage of the film you really are past the point of caring.
Also, the ending itself seems to be recycled and bears too close a resemblance to the closing events in "TRAINSPOTTING" for my liking. It's a cause of concern to some extent. If the whole of the United Kingdom are so stereotypical that we can burn them in celluloid forever within the space of 5 cinematic hours then I might as well fish out my passport and bugger off now.
"LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS" became a benchmark for British gangster films as "GOODFELLAS" and "THE GODFATHER" did for the American market. "THE BUSINESS" is a poor attempt at catching the originality of its superior predecessor and should only be sampled by those who cope well with disappointment.
========== THE SOUNDTRACK ================Kitsch 80's classic including Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Relax), Duran Duran (Planet Earth), Blondie (Heart Of Glass) and The Buggles (Video Killed The Radio Star). ===== THE EXTRAS ===========
Because I rented this film via a postal subscription I wasn't sent the additional disc, but the retail copy includes a movie commentary, alternative ending and behind the scenes documentary. There's also a selection of cast and crew biographies and a few deleted scenes.
== PRICE
=="THE BUSINESS" is available on Amazon for a respectable £7.99. It was first released on DVD on January 30th 2006 and carries an 18 certificate.
Advantages: A good light hearted look at the criminal underworld. Disadvantages: Poor script at times, and confused plot.
◘ Set in the 1980's, on the Costa del Sol, comes a nice little film from writer/ Director Nick Love, maker of 'Football Factory'.~ Released in 2005, it falls into the genre of British Crime/Gangster.◘ ◘►Synopsis◄◘ After witnessing a brutal attack on his Mother, by her abusive lover, Frankie (Danny Dyer) murders him, in a fit of anger! ~ An arrangement is then made for Frankie to go into hiding on the Costa del ... ...of it's contents, or of the importance of who he is delivering it to ~ When Frankie arrives Charlie asks him "Did you look inside"?? When Frankie says no, Charlie takes a 'shine' to the young Frankie and takes him under his wing. Unbeknown to Frankie he is now on his way to to a life of drugs, sex, and violence! ~ ◘►Although this theme has been used many times before, I still enjoyed this interpretation of this well worn storyline. I ...
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Advantages: Some good performances Disadvantages: A muddled directorial style and screenplay
...Frankie is forced to flee the country. He finds himself on the Costa Del Crime in the middle of Thatcher's eighties, where he falls in with local dope smuggler Charlie. Taken under his wing, Danny transforms from innocent naïf to Charlie's right-hand man, much to the disgust of his partner Sammy. Things are further complicated when the game changes from smuggling marijuana to trafficking cocaine, bringing with it the unwelcome attention of the local ... ...I personally don't understand the current fascination with the 1980s, having lived through the decade. As far as I'm concerned it was a tremendously shallow era indelibly etched on my brain in neon shades and forever in the shadow of unemployment, financial insecurity and the Cold War. Apparently writer-director Nick Love is of an entirely different opinion, celebrating the crass "me, me, me" attitude, the appalling fashion disasters and the incredible ...
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...I first saw him in the Business, I was glued to the screen because he really is the eye candy of this film for any female. I have watched this over and over again, purely because its a great film, has a good storyline, the acting isn't too bad and it has a really good soundtrack.
The story takes us back to the 80's, Frankie (Danny Dyer) is living in South London. He lives with his parents and detests his father because of the way that he treats ... ...age, where he influenced by the gangster lifestyle and thinks thats the sort of life he want to lead, an attractive yet dangerous life. Being asked to deliver a package to Malaga, he lands on the doorstep of a nightclub to deliver the package where is greeted by Charlie (Tamer Hassan). Charlie, the playboy, and also ex-con takes Frankie under his wing and gives him the opportunity to work for him.
Living under his own roof, Frankie become's Charlies ...
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Advantages: The performances of the ever-excellent Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan Disadvantages: None
Following on from the excellent "Football Factory", the incredible Nick Love delivered what is still one of his very, very best films to date: "The Business". And what a film!
The story is set in the 1980's, a decade that was described as the "era of greed". Young adult Frankie (Danny Dyer) begins a brand new life in sunny, glorious Malaga, after killing his mothers violent, abusive partner back home in South London. Once in Malaga, Frankie befriends ... ...Unbeknown to Frankie at first, the lavish lifestyle led by Charlie is soon revealed to be a front for a world of violent, organised crime. Seduced by the lavish, luxurious lifestyle, Frankie reluctantly becomes one of Charlies most loyal gang members. Cue lots of excessive cocaine sniffing, gun shoot-out sequences which are all riviting to watch, and lots of usage of the words f***** and c***"! "The Business" is high adrenalin, fast-paced and tough ...
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The Business is set in the 1980s and tells the story of a young man from London who goes to work in Spain. The film is set in the Costa del Sol, The acting, the storyline and the script in this film is not very good..
I might recommended this film for the soundtrack but not much else because it really isn't that good. I rented this film without the additional disc of extras so I can't really tell you anything about them. Even so, I wouldn't bother ...
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Advantages: Classic 80's teen movie and Cruise's road to stardom Disadvantages: None for me
...You might not like him now, but if you were of a certain age during the 1980's you will have loved him; Tom Cruise is an actor who has continuously delivered throughout his career, even the movies that nobody liked still took money, but back when every Cruise movie was a gem, Risky Business was the best of his early works.
When you're a kid your hopes and aspirations are to be SOMEBODY, Risky Business takes this thought and flips it on an access you might not expect. Risky Business all round for this movie however, director Paul Brickman took a chance on an actor nobody knew (although The Outsiders had been made it was not released) whilst also addressing a subject that most would have turned away from.
This is a dark teen comedy that makes no bones about its mission statement; starting from train level as the credits roll we see...
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Advantages: Marilyn Monroe, good cast, talented chimps Disadvantages: Not funny, embarrassing, stereotypes
...a different social climate in the 1950s, but watching chimps in clothes in the present day seems a bit strange and distasteful. They are very clever though.
I really wanted to like this film a lot. Cary Grant was born in Horfield, Bristol (where I live), Ginger Rogers is great and of course, I love Marilyn, but this film just didn't make the grade for me. It seems to be trying too hard to be funny and ends up as a farcical run-around.
Monkey Business is currently available on DVD on Amazon for £12.99 or as part of Marilyn Monroe: The Diamond Collection, which is currently unavailable new, but check Amazon Marketplace or Ebay for second-hand ones....
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Advantages: good storylines and full of hilarious one liners Disadvantages: None.
...The Simpsons Risky BusinessDVD contains 4 episodes of Matt Groening's classic. 'Reality Bites', 'Homer The Smithers', 'Deep Space Homer' and 'Marge Gets A Job'.
Reality Bites
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Marge gets a job with Lionel Hutz and the red blazor company selling homes to customers. When Hutz tells her she must succeed in the 1st week or be fired, marge finds herself troubled to lie to her freinds when selling properties but with being sackd looming she sells a house to the flanders family, but neglects to tell them that several former owners were murdered inside (the murder house). When this house is accidentally destroyed, a relieved marge returns the money to ned.... and fired.
Overall a very good episode which is full of good jokes and constantly making you laugh.
Homer The Smithers
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Smithers decides...
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Consumer Advice: Contains strong violence and very strong language
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): PATHE DISTRIBUTION; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT, BOULEVARD ENTERTAIMENT; D3 DIRECT
Catalogue No: P 918701000
No of Discs: 1
Release date: 30/01/2006
Barcode: 5060002834596
Languages
Main Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
DVD Description
On the lam in 1980s England, Danny heads to the gangsters' paradise of Spain's Costa del Sol to make a delivery of cash to a noted ex-criminal, Charlie. There, Danny meets Charlie's nefarious inner circle and soon becomes embroiled in their outrageous outlaw lifestyle. Featuring a wall-to-wall '80s soundtrack, this comic gangster film serves up action-packed thrills with a touch of whimsy.
Technical information
Special Features: Making Of Featurette, Commentary By Nick Love And Danny Dyer
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Professional reviews
Review: More guns than Goodfellas, more coke than Casino and more swearing than Scarface (Front, )
The coolest British film since Layer Cake (Nuts, )
A rush of 80s mood, fashion and music and nailbiting climax are the icing on a brilliant crime cake (What's On TV, )
This film will actually make you think that the 80s were cool. Another top job by Nick Love Director of The Football Factory (Zoo, )
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