Essex Boys (2000)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
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Terry Winsor directs this two-fisted tale of drug, guns, and murder based on a real-life gangland killing that left three dead in the snowy Essex backcountry. The film opens with cabby neophyte Billy (Charlie Creed-Miles) getting hired by suave drug baron John Dyke (Tom Wilkinson) to shuttle around recent ex-con Jason Locke (Sean Bean). Locke is a disaster waiting to happen; half-psychotic with a volcanic temper, he kills and disfigures without a second thought. Yet he takes a shine to his young

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Terry Winsor

Written By: Jeff Pope, Terry Winsor

On DVD: Dec 4, 2001

Cast

Sean Bean
Jason Locke
Alex Kingston
Lisa Locke
Charlie Creed-Miles
Billy Reynolds
Tom Wilkinson
John Dyke
Larry Lamb
Peter Chase
Holly Davidson
Suzy Welch
Terence Rigby
Henry Robbs
Gareth Milne
Amelia Lowdell
Michael McKell

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...the sort of unoriginal gangster movie that seems to be far more prevalent now due to the success of fellow Brit directors like Guy Ritchie.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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Below average British gangster film and that's me being kind! Charlie Creed-miles is good, Sean Bean is crap and Alex Kingston's tits are average. Why get a guy from Sheffield to play an Essex boy? Shame there wasn't more room in that Land Rover for the rest of the cast!

October 1, 2009

Anthony Lawrie

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This fictional story based on the sequence of a true event, shows a glimpse in the British criminal underworld. With a psychotic performance from Sean Bean and a sinester role for Tom Wilkinson, Essex Boys is a great film of it's genre with a nice twist.

March 22, 2007