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Richard Jobson

Richard Jobson


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Richard Jobson - what members say


  • The Purifiers
  • The Purifiers review by A customer from West Yorkshire
    Rated - 1.0 stars This film was so bad I didn't know whether to laugh or cry the film 31 May 2009
    ... any reason to watch the rest of the film. I was dissapointed as I quite liked Richard Jobson's previous film 16 Years of Alcohol which although it wasn't fantastic was watc...   Read customer review
  • New Town Killers
  • New Town Killers review by A customer from England
    Rated - 0.0 stars Why, oh why 21 October 2009
    ...Does Director Richard Jobson make these awefull films, that look like it's been shot with a home video camera for a budget of a McDonalds Happy Meal. The story is weak, the ...   Read customer review

Richard Jobson - filmography


  • New Town Killers on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Dougray Scott,  Alastair Mackenzie,  James Anthony Pearson
    Director: Richard Jobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 3,002 members
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  • New Town Killers - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Jamie Michie,  Leon Butler,  John Gray
    Director: Richard Jobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Richard Jobson's dark, edgy thriller set in Edinburgh. Dougray Scott and Alistair Mackenzie star as Alistair and Jamie, two investment bankers who get their dubious kicks from playing 12-hour games of 'hide and seek' with people living on the margins of society. Their next target is Sean MacDonald (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 625 members
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  • A Woman In Winter on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Brian Cox,  Jamie Sives,  Jason Flemyng
    Director: Richard Jobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gothic ghost story set against the gloomy backdrop of Edinburgh's spires and closes. Michael (Jamie Sives) is a young astronomer heavily involved in experiments to break down the barriers between space and time. A chance encounter with a pretty young French photographer, Caroline (Julie Gayet), ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 180 members
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  • The Purifiers on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Dominic Monaghan,  Gordon Alexander,  Kevin McKidd
    Director: Richard Jobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Action starring Dominic Monaghan as Sol, a member of The Purifiers, a gang of martial arts experts with a fierce reputation for protecting the streets. Tired of hopeless government initiatives and bad policing, Moses (Kevin McKidd), the leader of a rival gang attempts to unite the neighbourhood ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 129 members
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  • 16 Years Of Alcohol on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Stuart Sinclair Blyth,  Kevin McKidd,  Laura Fraser
    Director: Richard Jobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Gritty drama set in 1970s Edinburgh, based on the semi-autobiographical novel by writer/director (and former vocalist with punk band The Skids) Richard Jobson. Kevin McKidd stars as Frankie Mac, a troubled young man with a difficult past: his father was a hard drinker and his mother walked out on ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,807 members
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Richard Jobson facts

5 most recent films

The Somnambulists - 2.5 stars
New Town Killers - 3.0 stars
New Town Killers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
A Woman In Winter - 2.5 stars
The Purifiers - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

New Town Killers - 3.0 stars
New Town Killers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Tube Tales - 2.5 stars
16 Years Of Alcohol - 2.5 stars
A Woman In Winter - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Somnambulists - 2.5 stars
The Purifiers - 2.0 stars
A Woman In Winter - 2.5 stars
16 Years Of Alcohol - 2.5 stars
Tube Tales - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kevin McKidd - 5 times - show films
Amber Sainsbury - 4 times - show films
Jason Flemyng - 4 times - show films
James Anthony Pearson - 4 times - show films
Alastair Mackenzie - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Bob Hoskins - 1 times - show films
Charles McDougal - 1 times - show films
Stephen Hopkins - 1 times - show films