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Reformed ex-convict Nick races against time to gather £100,000 to repay a loan shark before his mother is killed. Aided by his best friend Bing, he embarks on a series of increasingly desperate scams to collect the money before it is too late. Crime thriller, starring Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Monet Mazur, Brenda Blethyn and Blake Ritson
2009
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Tamer Hassan
(Actor)
.. Nick
Danny Dyer
(Actor)
.. Bing
50 Cent
(Actor)
.. Thigo
Monet Mazur
(Actor)
.. Frankie
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. Mother
Blake Ritson
(Actor)
.. Jarvis
Esme Bianco
(Actor)
.. Herself
Bronson Webb
(Actor)
.. Smudger
Alex De Rakoff
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Tamer Hassan
(Actor)
.. Nick
Danny Dyer
(Actor)
.. Bing
Born:
July 24, 1977
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Mick Carter in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Danny Dyer was born in Canning Town, London, on July 24, 1977 to Antony and Christine. He began a lifelong love of football as a boy and is an ardent West Ham United supporter. After being spotted by an agent while still at school he made his TV acting debut at the age of 16 in Prime Suspect 3. He went on to appear in episodes of Cadfael, A Touch of Frost, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The Bill and Soldier Soldier.
Career:
Dyer's first film was 1999's Human Traffic and he followed this up with roles in a number of low-budget movies, including Borstal Boy (2000), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Mean Machine (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Adulthood (2008) and Vendetta (2013). Dyer had a lead role in Run for Your Wife (2013), which was savaged by film critics and only took £602 during its opening weekend. He has also appeared in a number of stage productions, including Celebration and No Man's Land, and has presented documentaries about football and hardmen. In 2013, he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter.
Quote:
His views on film critic Mark Kermode, who has made disparaging remarks about Dyer's work: "If I see him I don't know how I'm going to react. I'll probably just put the nut on him."
Trivia:
In 2007, Dyer became the chairman of non-league football team Greenwich Borough.
50 Cent
(Actor)
.. Thigo
Born:
July 06, 1975
in
New York
Best Known For:
A series of hip-hop chart hits.
Early-life:
Born Curtis James Jackson III on July 6, 1975, in the South Jamaica area of Queens, New York, where he had a tough upbringing - his father walked out on the family and his mother was found dead in mysterious circumstances when he was eight. He was subsequently raised by his grandmother and harboured ambitions to become a heavyweight boxer but began to drift into crime. Following a spell behind bars, Curtis concentrated on rapping. He eventually caught the ear of former Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay, who produced a number of tracks for him.
Career:
The rapper's career didn't really generate much interest until he joined forces with production team Trackmasters and signed to Columbia Records. However, before his album Power of the Dollar could be released, he was shot outside a music studio in New York, and subsequently dropped by his label. He continued to record, and his underground releases eventually came to the attention of rap superstars Eminem and Dr Dre. They worked closely with him to produce the massively successful album Get Rich or Die Tryin', which spawned the chart-topping single In da Club. The follow-up, The Massacre, was also a huge hit. Since then, he's also branched out into acting, starring in Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), Righteous Kill (2008), Dead Man Running (2009), Escape Plan (2013) and Spy (2015). He also stars in and produces the American drama Power.
Quote:
"I enjoy film projects because they allow me to show emotions that I don't normally show through my music."
Trivia:
He has a long-running feud with rapper Rick Ross.
Monet Mazur
(Actor)
.. Frankie
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. Mother
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
"I don't have ambition. My expectations are low."
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
Blake Ritson
(Actor)
.. Jarvis
Esme Bianco
(Actor)
.. Herself
Bronson Webb
(Actor)
.. Smudger
Alex De Rakoff
(Director)
