Six Bend Trap, aka Thugs, Mugs & Dogs **½
Stars: Dave Courtney, Martin Owen, Allan Gordon, Daniel Poyser, Ian Edwards | Written and Directed by Mike McCarthy
I must admit, watching the first few minutes of the film made me feel a little sick, so I had to turn the film off and watch something more family orientated before my second attempt. However, in the line of duty, I put on a brave face and gave the film a second chance….and am glad that I did.
This is a low budget film, made with various unknown actors who are trying their best to bring life to the characters…and at the end of it, if you take the film as just that, a low budget English film without the talents of Brad Pitt, or Jason Statham then you wont be disappointed. The film feels like a cross between Lock Stock and a...
Stars: Dave Courtney, Martin Owen, Allan Gordon, Daniel Poyser, Ian Edwards | Written and Directed by Mike McCarthy
I must admit, watching the first few minutes of the film made me feel a little sick, so I had to turn the film off and watch something more family orientated before my second attempt. However, in the line of duty, I put on a brave face and gave the film a second chance….and am glad that I did.
This is a low budget film, made with various unknown actors who are trying their best to bring life to the characters…and at the end of it, if you take the film as just that, a low budget English film without the talents of Brad Pitt, or Jason Statham then you wont be disappointed. The film feels like a cross between Lock Stock and a...
- 4/25/2011
- by Abid Gangat
- Nerdly
Danny is the lead singer in a band. Along with his two best mates, Daz and Rusty, he manages to get caught up with some local gangsters over some confusion involving loan sharks, the band’s van and the title deeds to some prime riverfront property in Middlesborough. The only way he can seem to extricate himself is to team up with local greyhound racer Pat Lalley to train a winning greyhound to race against and beat the greyhound of gang boss Dave Courtney at Peterborough’s Fengate Stadium, if only he can live long enough to get there.
*****
Six Bend Trap seems to be in the process of being renamed as Thugs, Mugs and Dogs, which tells you a good deal more about what to expect from the film than the current title, though helps not one jot in raising the quality, nor punter expectations, for what is essentially a derivative,...
*****
Six Bend Trap seems to be in the process of being renamed as Thugs, Mugs and Dogs, which tells you a good deal more about what to expect from the film than the current title, though helps not one jot in raising the quality, nor punter expectations, for what is essentially a derivative,...
- 4/21/2011
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Year: 2009
Directors: Nicolas Refn
Writers: Nicolas Refn & Brock Norman Brock
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7 out of 10
The names glare red-on-black in the true crime sections of British bookshops: "Mad" Frankie Frazer. Dave Courtney. Cass. "Razor" Smith. Charles Bronson himself. Violent criminals who have gone on to fame and fortune by producing badly written, often unrepentant autobiographies that are usually little more than a curiously dull string of events and dates. Throughout its length the biopic "Bronson" threatens to be exactly this kind of lowest common-denominator rubbish, ridden with cliché and bereft of insight, but its unusual style and some interesting performances raise the tone considerably.
Charles Bronson is, as the film's tagline has it, Britain's most famous prisoner. Only guilty of fairly minor instances of robbery on the outside, he has spent most of his life behind bars due to his reluctance to accept prison life,...
Directors: Nicolas Refn
Writers: Nicolas Refn & Brock Norman Brock
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7 out of 10
The names glare red-on-black in the true crime sections of British bookshops: "Mad" Frankie Frazer. Dave Courtney. Cass. "Razor" Smith. Charles Bronson himself. Violent criminals who have gone on to fame and fortune by producing badly written, often unrepentant autobiographies that are usually little more than a curiously dull string of events and dates. Throughout its length the biopic "Bronson" threatens to be exactly this kind of lowest common-denominator rubbish, ridden with cliché and bereft of insight, but its unusual style and some interesting performances raise the tone considerably.
Charles Bronson is, as the film's tagline has it, Britain's most famous prisoner. Only guilty of fairly minor instances of robbery on the outside, he has spent most of his life behind bars due to his reluctance to accept prison life,...
- 3/18/2009
- QuietEarth.us
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.