The Heavy

2009
R
1h 42m

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Christopher Lee, Stephen Rea, Vinnie Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, and Gary Stretch in The Heavy (2009)

During a routine hit, "Boots" Mason (Gary Stretch) learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crooked cop, Dunn (Vinnie Jones), tries to kill him. While seeking his revenge, secrets... Read allDuring a routine hit, "Boots" Mason (Gary Stretch) learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crooked cop, Dunn (Vinnie Jones), tries to kill him. While seeking his revenge, secrets kept hidden are exposed and no innocent bystander is safe as bullets fly. In this world w... Read allDuring a routine hit, "Boots" Mason (Gary Stretch) learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crooked cop, Dunn (Vinnie Jones), tries to kill him. While seeking his revenge, secrets kept hidden are exposed and no innocent bystander is safe as bullets fly. In this world where you can trust no one, all bets are off.

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4.9/10

2.2K

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4fredgfinklemeyer

Glad This Dog Is Over

12/21/2018 It should have been good, but it wasn't. The storyline??? What storyline and the shoot-em-up with Vinnie hurls chunks/really bad/SUKS gig time. Skip ahead, skip ahead, boy am I glad this thing is over. Don't waste your time.

3marklaw-37806

Please please .......

STOP casting Vincent Jones as a violent intimidating "gangster" in films. He has become an absolute caricature of himself. It's now beyond a joke.

7pilgrimlin

...has heart

Sometimes I like to check out the rating of a movie that I like...and I like this movie. I like the main character/actor in this...thug with heart. As for vinnie jones, of course hes a good actor...but I never even remember that he's in this when I think of watching this movie...and I've watched it a few times, and Im watching it now over a heineken. Good ending, the music fits. I like it. To sum it up, I recently watched 'the package' with dolf and steve austin...now that was a souless boring movie that I could barely pay attention to, and I like those actors. This movie has heart...and Im guessing cost a lot less to make.

mct335

Waste of an hour and 40 Min's.

Appalling acting as Freeride said, Stretch is an unappealing anti hero, the guy playing his brother is the worst actor i have seen in many a year, you don't really care what happens to any of them, the story line flies past at 1 mile an hour, Geoff Bell must have been stuck for work same as Christopher Lee, and Vinnie will take on any role as long as it keeps his mush on the silver screen.Avoid at all costs and save your money towards a tooth extraction, it will be more fun.

This should have gone straight in the bin and not to DVD, it is time i will never get back, and i kept thinking i have to turn this rubbish off, but i just had to see it through, it was that bad. Never tell a boxer( and the guy playing his insipid brother) he can act i think is the moral here.

1freeride_1973

Dull and painful

The acting is horrendous the lead actor isn't even 1 dimensional. The politician brother's acting is worse than the new guy in your average soap.

The plot is relatively simple, it would take a good director to spin this into a decent film. Lacks drama, suspense, any humour, plot twists, it's not even violent. Quite possibly the most boring film I've ever tried to watch. It's that bad I felt the need to comment on it!

Vinnie Jones is undertaking an exercise in hamming it up.

Obviously Christopher Lee produces a good performance by default.

Christopher Lee fell out with management on the Lord of the Rings due to artistic differences and then undertakes a project like this!!!

PS the politicians wife just piped up, just when I thought I had already seen the worst performance in this film.