Spivs (2004)

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Release Date: May 13, 2004 Wide

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An elegant con-man adept at pulling off small-time swindles gets in over his head when a simple truck job inadvertently gets his crew involved in the black market immigrant trade in this stylish caper comedy that takes it's title from a British slang term for one who earns their keep through underhand dealings. Jack Pike (Ken Scott) can grift with the best of them. A lifelong criminal who gets by with a little help from his aimless brother-in-law Goat (Dominic Monaghan) and his faithful

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Colin Teague

In Theaters: May 13, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Dec 5, 2006

Cast

Ken Stott
Jack
Nick Moran
Steve
Kate Ashfield
Jenny
Dominic Monaghan
Goat
Linda Bassett
Vee
Jack Dee
Nigel
Paul Kaye
O'Brien
Rita Ora
Rosanna
Christos Zenonos
Anton
Tamer Hassan
Mr. Villa
Roshan Seth
David Gant
Associate #2
Elizabeth Berrington
Nigel's Secretary
Derek Lea
Associate #1
Tarek Ramini
Pavel

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It becomes quite grim and, although by no means perfect, uses the genre expectations to con the audience as well.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Interpretado com simpatia por Ken Stoutt, Jack � um protagonista envolvente, mas o filme � sua volta jamais se decide pelo drama, pela com�dia ou pelo thriller, prejudicando-se ainda mais com um final pouco convincente.

March 4, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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I was not expecting much from this film because it never got a wide release here in the US. I was pleasantly surprised and found myself really enjoying the film. Great performances by the cast and a coherent story kept the film from being just another piece of fluff.

January 3, 2007

Shadow Lite

I watched this on Netflix stream, not really knowing what to expect. A couple of actors in it appealed to me (Ken Stott, Dominic Monaghan) so I stuck with it. It does start a little slow, but ends up being quite a nice British caper in the end. Stott reminds me alot of Michael Caine, but a little warmer.

July 24, 2010