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Overview

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5.7/10   1,210 votes
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Director:
Danny Cannon
Writers:
Danny Cannon (writer) &
David Hilton (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 October 1993 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
London Is Not Only Losing Her Soul To The Americans, She's Selling It. more
Plot:
The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A powerful dark drama with millieu and mood first and story second. more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Harvey Keitel ... John Harris

Iain Glen ... Edward Foster
John Wood ... Richard Donnelly
Terence Rigby ... Sidney Callow
Keith Allen ... Jack Doyle

Craig Kelly ... Christian O'Neill

Thandie Newton ... Rachael Stevens

Viggo Mortensen ... Carl Frazer
Dave Duffy ... Louis Carnegie
Geoffrey McGivern ... Brian Carver
Nigel Clauzel ... Lionel Stevens
Huggy Leaver ... Mark Byrne

Dig Wayne ... Gary Washington
Christopher Adamson ... Billy Cohen (as Chris Adamson)
James Duggan ... Dermot O'Neill
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Brazil:104 min | UK:103 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During one of the club scenes, a remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Gave Up" is playing. This version has never been released officially or unofficially and the only know fragment can be heard in this movie. It appears to be an alteration of the remix found on NIN's EP "Fixed." more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond (1997) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Drink 'Til The Party's Over more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A powerful dark drama with millieu and mood first and story second., 10 December 2001
7/10
Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

There's hardly a smile to be found in this dark, brooding, oppressively heavy drama which tells of an American DEA agent (Keitel) who comes to London to assist in the capture of a drug trafficker as the UK bends under the strain of a virulent drug trade. The camera spends most of the time examining the bleak, grim, and sad expressions of police, innocents, and others caught up in the drug war leaving the plot muddled and somewhat buried in its attempt to show that where drugs are involved there are no winners. A powerfully compelling drama for those who can appreciate the reality of the lose-lose nature of crime.

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