The Real Essex Boys (2012) User Reviews

read the books instead, even the movies offer more than this documentary

[daworldismine · 5/10 · 4 September 2015]

the infamous rettendon range rover murders of 1995 have spawned at least 8 movies, 6-7 documentaries and 7 books, i myself have read and seen everything to do on the subject, and i must admit this is the worst out of the lot of them, the amount of wrong information in this is embarrassing, one example they say pat Tate met tony tucker in prison, when its widely known that tucker had never been to prison. the reconstructions are also poor, they use a newer range rover, the people playing the Essex boys look nothing like the real people, and important people to the story like Bernard o mahoney, Carlton leach etc arnt even interviewed, because if they was they would of had a better knowledge of the story they was trying to tell. a poor documentary of the Essex boys murders.

worth a watch but misses loads out and gets a few things wrong

[melaniecook-32533 · 5/10 · 5 September 2015]

the rettendon range rover murders, an incident where three Essex drug dealers were found in a range rover down a deserted snowy dirt track, all having been shot at point blank range with shotguns, has now been the basis of 4 feature films, with another 3 in the pipeline, 6 documentaries and 6 books, and yet somehow it remains fascinating. why would three men be lured and murdered in such a cold blooded way, why are the two men in prison maintaining there innocence to this day, who killed the Essex boys, was it in retaliation for Leah bets death, or was it revenge for the murder of Kevin Whitaker. there is so much to this story, but this documentary is not very good, it states that tony tucker and pat Tate met in prison, yet tucker never went to prison. the recreations are poorly put together, the infamous murders use a different range rover. none of the cast look like the real people at all. all in all i found it quite poor.