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Down Terrace

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Bill (Robert Hill) and his son, Karl (Robin Hill), work together in the oldest of family businesses -- organized crime. After spending a few days in jail, they return home and realize they may have a rat in their midst. As they try to pick out the informant from a group that includes a corrupt politician (Mark Kempner) and an unpredictable hit man (Michael Smiley), Karl learns his girlfriend (Kerry Peacock) is pregnant and deals with his wife's anger, as well as his parents' disapproval.
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Chris Chang Film Comment Magazine 06/17/2013
[Julia Deakin's] Ma Barker role (and performance) is essential to the film's grotesque yet enthralling familial fatalism. Go to Full Review Kate Taylor Globe and Mail 11/12/2010
3/4
The British do kitchen-sink realism extremely well; they also have a nice way with black comedy. It's rare, however, to see the two as wickedly combined as they are in Down Terrace. Go to Full Review Jason Anderson Toronto Star 11/11/2010
3/4
A low-budget effort by British director Ben Wheatley, Down Terrace is an enjoyably nasty piece of business about a down-market sort of underworld clan. Go to Full Review Michael Leader Den of Geek 05/07/2024
4/5
That Down Terrace has such a simple, effective framework, with age-old thematics and a killer set-up, is its immediate charm, but it is also executed supremely well. Go to Full Review Tim Stevens The Spool 08/02/2023
Even if you don’t share the writers’ sense of humor, it is easy to sense they’re laughing wildly at each act of bloodshed. Go to Full Review PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro 12/08/2018
3/5
A film that is compelling in its own right, while also functioning meta-referentially - as a commentary on the gangster and kitchen sink genres it so mercilessly distorts. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen D @sjhdearden Apr 5 A successful low-budget British film with no pretensions. You need to commit to the first 45 mins before the drama/dark humour takes off. Think suburban homicidal Brighton crime family echoing 'The Godfather' but with more wit. Excellent use of folk music interludes increases the sense of strangeness with the characters. See more James H @RT63835098 09/25/2024 Wow- just wow. This no-budget gangster movie is insane and insanely funny - in an odd way. See more Ravenswood R @RT16435246 09/14/2023 This is like watching one episode in the middle of a possibly good TV series, without seeing any of the other episodes. It is shot with very little creativity or any attempt at artful photography or scene set-ups Photographically, there is only ever one level of lighting used (room filling, cool, and bright), and shaky cameras moving from person to person - like a TV show. So, as cinema art, this is low on the spectrum. There are characters here, but far too many, and not enough time to develop any of them. I couldn't follow the story, mostly trying to keep all the people straight and who they all were and what they all might be doing, or for what reason. Violent at times, in a supposedly humorous way, but that does not work. Given a chance to figure it all out in a 10-12 hour series rather than in a 90 minute slice might have worked, but maybe not, because this is also quite boring. See more 03/21/2017 Very much Ben Wheatley. Ordinary reactions to extraordinary circumstances. A good story, kitchen sink in full view, but I didn't see enough of the dark humour that was suggested in the reviews. Loved whatserface from Spaced playing the mum... See more 04/12/2016 Definitely more low end gangster, it's very watchable in a slightly comedic way with an impending sense of dread and doom present throughout. See more 03/08/2016 Brilliant, sick, funny, claustrophobic first feature by Ben Wheatley about a crime family searching for a police informer in their midst. More Royale Family than The Godfather. See more Read all reviews
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Ben Wheatley

Director

Robert Hill

Bill

Robin Hill

Karl

Julia Deakin

Maggie

David Schaal

Uncle Eric

Tony Way

Garvey

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Down Terrace

A scene from the film "Down Terrace." (L-R) Kitty Blue as child and Michael Smiley as Pringle in "Down Terrace." Julia Deakin as Maggie in "Down Terrace." (L-R) Robin Hill as Karl and Robert Hill as Bill in "Down Terrace." (L-R) Kerry Peacock as Valda and Robert Hill as Bill in "Down Terrace." (L-R) Julia Deakin as Maggie and Robin Hill as Karl in "Down Terrace." David Schaal as Uncle Eric in "Down Terrace." Robin Hill as Karl in "Down Terrace." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Bill (Robert Hill) and his son, Karl (Robin Hill), work together in the oldest of family businesses -- organized crime. After spending a few days in jail, they return home and realize they may have a rat in their midst. As they try to pick out the informant from a group that includes a corrupt politician (Mark Kempner) and an unpredictable hit man (Michael Smiley), Karl learns his girlfriend (Kerry Peacock) is pregnant and deals with his wife's anger, as well as his parents' disapproval.
Director
Ben Wheatley
Producer
Andrew Starke
Screenwriter
Robin Hill, Ben Wheatley
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Baby Cow Productions
Rating
R (Violence|Some Drug Use|Pervasive Language)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 15, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.6K
Runtime
1h 57m
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