Essex Boys

2000
R
1h 42min

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6,0/10

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Basé vaguement sur les événements de décembre 1995 qui ont abouti aux meurtres de trois trafiquants de drogue à Rettendon, Essex, Royaume-Uni.Basé vaguement sur les événements de décembre 1995 qui ont abouti aux meurtres de trois trafiquants de drogue à Rettendon, Essex, Royaume-Uni.Basé vaguement sur les événements de décembre 1995 qui ont abouti aux meurtres de trois trafiquants de drogue à Rettendon, Essex, Royaume-Uni.

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Anecdotes
Prologue: "This story is inspired by a single true event. It left three men dead, two serving life imprisonment and another living under an assumed identity. The rest is fiction, as are all the characters."

Gaffes
When Jason talks to John outside his posh house, at approx 31:45 in John says "I'm very grateful for what you did for me inside, Jason".

Jason turns his head away and says "that's all right", but his jaw does not move, and the words are very obviously over-dubbed.

Citations
Billy Reynolds: [voiceover] See 'im, Peter, he's the top boy - he runs the show. And 'im, Wayne, does whatever Peter tells 'im. And Jason, well, every firm needs a mad acid-bath murderer, don't they?

Crédits fous
Statement in opening titles: "This story is inspired by a single true event. It left three men dead, two serving life imprisonment and another living under an assumed identity. The rest is fiction, as are all the characters."

Connexions
References The Hit

Bandes originales
Feel Me
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8/10

A good film on several levels.

A good film on several levels. The unflattering comparisons that some critics have made between it and The Usual Suspects are completely misguided as directorial intent and effect in the two pictures are dissimilar. Winsor's film, it seems to me, brilliantly evokes both the drabness and cruelty of the criminal mindset. It does this partly through the choice of dull, flat Essex landscapes with their coastal marshes, grey motorway links, flash nouveau riche mansions and the tawdry glamour of seafront locations. The characters are both repellent and yet curiously mesmerising. This is not a film in which it is easy to lose interest. Nobody can do psycho-thug better than Sean Bean, and Charlie Creed-Miles has created a dangerously weak character as Billy, whom it is almost possible to feel sorry for without actually liking. The film is very well lit, though I did find sound levels a little dodgy at times It's a film that, despite critics' comments, is not a million miles from Get Carter in quality.