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1990 Certificate 18
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An unemployed Glaswegian miner is forced into bare-knuckle fighting to support his family. He finds himself in a nightmare world of drugs and crooks but prepares to turn the tables on the chief mobster, Matt Mason..... Read more

Starring Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Billy Connolly, Ian Bannen
Director David Leland
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama

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The Big Man

An unemployed Glaswegian miner is forced into bare-knuckle fighting to support his family. He finds himself in a nightmare world of drugs and crooks but prepares to turn the tables on the chief mobster, Matt Mason.....

Starring Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Billy Connolly, Ian Bannen
Director David Leland
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama
Released DVD: 18 Jun 2007
Production year: 1990
Format DVD

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  • By adhering to the classic fight-movie formula of beleaguered pugilist vs manipulative crime boss in this adaptation of... read more on Time Out

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  • 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Available at last.

    I waited ages for this being released on DVD and it is every bit as good as I remember it. Too often old films just disappoint because you remember them fondly but then they just look dated. Not here. Ian Bannen is very menacing and Billy Connolly is funny. Great to see a young Peter Mullan, with hair, and a young Dougie Henshall. Neeson and Whalley's accents are terrible though. The shots around Coalburn are expertly filmed. Definitely worth another few watchings before it goes back. The star of the show is definitely Bannen. He frowns and he's scary, he smiles and he's scary, even his car is scary! Watch this film now. I'm sure you'll agree.

      • joe kany from scotlandshire
      • Posted 19 Jul 2007 11:15

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    'The Big Man'

    Not a bad movie, Liam plays a boxer making a living, one to watch

      • ian3 from Salisbury
      • Posted 14 Mar 2009 10:39

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