Essex Boys
2000
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Charlie Creed-Miles, Tom Wilkinson |
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| Director | Terry Winsor |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Essex Boys
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.
| Starring | Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Charlie Creed-Miles, Tom Wilkinson, Larry Lamb, Holly Davidson, Terence Rigby |
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| Director | Terry Winsor |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Jul 2001 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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This slick British crime thriller breaks no new ground and tries too hard to be tough. Yet interest is sustained by taut pacing, a nicely murky plot and spirited performances from Alex Kingston, Tom Wilkinson, Charlie Creed-Miles and a scenery-chewing Sean Bean. The story centres on a young minicab driver who is hired by a hard man fresh out of prison. The youth finds himself in the firing line when a major drug deal prompts a power struggle among rival elements of the Essex criminal fraternity.
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Violent gangster movie, in part based on a actual murder of three men, found shot dead in a car in an Essex wood in 1995, but otherwise a familiar fantasy of betrayal and revenge among thugs.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Realistic
This is a fictional film rendering of the events that led to the real-life execution of three local gangsters in an Essex field a few years back.
The excellent Sean Bean delivers a seamless performance as the psychopathic hard man working for a villain who wants to control the doors – and therefore the drug deals – of the area's clubs. Fiction it may be but there is a fair amount of overlap with what really happened.
Overall, Essex Boys is an interesting and well-made film. I lived in South Essex for many years and I can promise you that the picture it paints of the local lowlives is pretty realistic! -
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Realistic
This is a fictional film rendering of the events that led to the real-life execution of three local gangsters in an Essex field a few years back.
The excellent Sean Bean delivers a seamless performance as the psychopathic hard man working for a villain who wants to control the doors – and therefore the drug deals – of the area's clubs. Fiction it may be but there is a fair amount of overlap with what really happened.
Overall, Essex Boys is an interesting and well-made film. I lived in South Essex for many years and I can promise you that the picture it paints of the local lowlives is pretty realistic! -
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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 ... -