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Stars: Nathanael Wiseman, Arin Alldridge, Enoch Frost, Marlon G. Day, Rajan Sharma, Neerja Naik, Malcolm Tomlinson, Sean Cronin, Jeanette Rourke, Christopher Dingli, Katarina Gellin | Written by Thorin Seex | Directed by Chris Bouchard

I’ve reviewed quite a few British gangster movies and know what to expect, some take themselves a little too seriously and others look to offer comedy. As long as you know that then there is a good chance they end up being entertaining at least. The British gangster movie to be released is Hackney’s Finest, which is a film I remember looking for funding from a Kickstarter campaign, so it’s nice to see an independent film getting some success to mainstream distribution.

Sirus (Nathanael Wiseman) is a small time drug dealer who, when his friend Asif (Rajan Sharma) offers him a new delivery of drugs invites his Welsh friends Tony (Enoch Frost) and B (Marlon G. Day...

London crime drama, from the director of YouTube hit The Hunt for Gollum, set for release early 2015.

UK distribution and production company Trinity has acquired Chris Bouchard’s debut feature, Hackney’s Finest, which premiered at this year’s East End Film Festival. Release has been earmarked for early 2015.

Set in London’s East End, the film centres on a group of small-time Afghan heroin dealers and hapless minicab operator Sirus (Nathanael Wiseman) are forced to take on corrupt detective inspector Priestley (Arin Allridge) and his Russian associates, while having to face gun-toting Welsh-Jamaican yardies Tony and B (Marlon G. Day, Enoch Frost).

Hackney’s Finest is based on an original story written by Thorin Seex, a former heroin addict and squatter living on Hackney’s notorious ‘murder mile’.

It is executive produced by Framestore, the London visual-effects company behind Gravity.

It marks the debut feature of Bouchard’s and actor-producer Alldridge. Bouchard previously...