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DVD Full English Breakfast
 Rating: 3.5 Genres: Action | Crime | Mystery Director: Manish Patel Writers: Manish Patel Stars: Dave Courtney, Lucy Drive, Jerry Anderson |
| Storyline Through flashbacks, Full English Breakfast follows the violent career of Dave Bishop (Dave Courtney) a small-time London villain who kills his way to the top of Britain’s drugs empire. Now happily ‘retired’ on the Kent coast Dave becomes embroiled in a bloody battle of wits with Al Qaeda terrorists who want to take over his criminal empire. Adding to the old mobster’s woes is his younger trophy wife (Lucy Drive) wanting to play away with his new driver (Jamie Bannerman). Written by Gideon Boothby |
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| Details: Country: UK Release Date: 7 April 2014 (UK) |
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| Box Office Budget: $3,300,000 (estimated) |
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Dave Bishop (Dave Courtney) is as hard as nails and he will beat you to death with a golf club if you dare to cross him. He runs the ecstasy scene in London and Kent but he wants the world to believe he is retired from his life of crime. He's short, barrel-chested, with a bald dome head and teeth that always seem to be grinding away. This film is all about how employing the wrong person caused Dave's whole world to come apart.
Full English Breakfast is very nearly masterful and is a very tough piece of filmmaking, that could have done with bit more of a budget to make it a true great. But it's clear that the makers of the film were more concerned with the actual plot and getting it all filmed then get bogged down with hanging around for the money and who can blame them. There are lots of good ideas for films but how many of these ideas get made into actual films? I think the point of this film isn't to analyse how Dave Bishop's life fell apart. It's to present a portrait of the man and his ruthlessness. And you will rarely see a film character so completely alive. Bishop is a cruel, evil and sadistic mess of a man. But he's a mass of contradictions, and there are times when he narrates his life in flashback scenes that we understand him so completely we can feel affection for him.
I for one am looking forward to the next instalment but please spend more money on it.
I was surprised when turning up in my local supermarket to find a new British Film on the shelf! The name says it all and it appealed enough to take a look and eventually buy it. I was not disappointed at all and it inspired me enough to write and rant all about it.
Full English Breakfast, a story about Jamie Sullivan, dishonourably discharged from serving in Afghanistan winds up back in the UK looking for work. He stumbles on the Bishop household and very quickly Jamie earns the trust of Dave Bishop, infamous gangster who puts some work in Jamie's direction. When Jamie realises that he is neck-high in dodgy arrangements, answered questions and a love interest, he finds himself fighting through a dark underworld- for his one main interest and we wonder if he has bitten off more than he can chew.
I have to say, I really enjoyed this. From what seems an independent film production company suddenly plonking this onto our shelves, I was pleasantly surprised. The story was simple but effective because it was very well told. There are scenes of incredible violence, involving some.. creative use of sports accessories, but again, this fitted in well with the story- and yes, there is a story in it! The nice thing about Full English Breakfast is- whilst an easy to follow storyline, you weren't always too sure of where it was all leading until you got there. The characters were well thought out which quickly slotted quite nicely with the setting. Dave Bishop's character provides a menacing, mostly calm and controlled gang leader which often left me on edge, anticipating his next order.
And that's all you need. As nice as a reputable blockbuster action movie can be- if Full English Breakfast is a contrast, it's an excellent one. Characters were well played, Jamie Sullivan's portrayal of a troubled individual who had seen too much made him likable and a willingness to make it happen. Well I wasn't disappointed and it gets played out in a spectacular fashion, with the annoyingly annoying Derek Bishop hiding behind his brothers reputation, sniping at the competition. I very much enjoyed the disturbing snarls from Pete, Casper's trusting bodyguard- enough to put you off your Full English! All in all, I liked it. Put it on and remove any preconceptions you may have involving bombs everywhere, explosions and over hyped dialogue. Full English Breakfast, a modest beautifully sculptured story that will have you sitting comfortably waiting for that ever coming new twist. Just reading the previous review had me thinking that a good film deserves a good review.
Anyway, I recommend you have a good look at this one.
This film is hard hitting and uses the talents of Dave Courtney really well. Courtney has been mucking around in a low budget crap for years, undermining his acting reputation along the way, but Full English shows him as he is, demonic and vicious, a great anti hero for a British gangster flick.
Courtney plays Bishop a London gangster retired and living by the sea in Kent and the story has a realistic feel for the underbelly of British criminal society. An early scene where Bishop beats an employee to death was quite artistic.
Please Dave don't do anymore films with your mates. You shine in this so no looking back now. Low of budget but high on thrills.
Just watched this file, for free, thank God. What a load of predictable and stupid rubbish.
The script and storyline are truly awful. What it makes it even harder to watch is that ALL the sound effect and dialogue appear to have been over dubbed onto the film, so any acting that was done is lost!!.
The acting is really bad, the story is even worse.
I have to agree with other comments about the fake reviews. I cant imagine the people who actually made the file could give this film any kind of praise. Those reviews MUST be fake, without doubt.
I recommend everyone avoid this film, unless there house or friend is in the background, cos there is no other reason to waste any time on this film