Product Description
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An everyday tale of Essex criminal lowlife, starring
Sean Bean as Jason Locke, a gangster freshly released from prison
who is encouraged by his wife Lisa (Alex Kingston) to get
involved in a vicious battle for control of the lucrative Essex
drugs market. However Jason's plans are wrecked when he is sold a
batch of dodgy merchandise by one of his rivals, and it is left
to Lisa to realise her ambitions herself. She takes over Jason's
former position, and doesn't hesitate to seduce criminal kingpin
John Dyke (Tom Wilkinson), but in order to be safe she also has
to deal with the one man who can put the finger on her, her
husband's former chauffeur Billy Reynolds (Charlie Creed-Miles).
.co.uk Review
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Essex Boys constructs a fictional story around the
infamous Range Rover murders in Rettenden, Essex, in which three
local drug dealers were found blasted to death by s.
Driving for ex-con Jason Locke (Sean Bean) was just another job
for Billy Reynolds (Charlie Creed-Miles). But fresh out of a
five-year stretch, Locke is looking to make up for lost time and
begins a turf war. He stalks his manor with a menacing leer and a
bottle of to throw in the face of anyone who gets in his
way, and is given to Locke and his drug-dealing gang rely on
brute strength to enforce their will, but when they decide to
expand their game they underestimate the wiles of Billy's boss,
countrified crime gent John Dyke. Southend's sunset strip of
neon-fronted clubs and arcades, but fails to lift the plot of his
film out of the Brit-gangster ghetto. That said, Winsor laudably
plays it straight, avoiding the style over substance affectations
of the genre, while coaxing believable performances out of his
cast. --Chris Campion
On the DVD: the anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer is good
with little obvious grain and an above average level of detail.
But it is the soundtrack that's really the star of this DVD. The
intensity of the film and the relentless action from the outset
(where you are thrust into the middle of a crowded nightclub) is
really upped by the brilliant Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix,
resulting in the viewer feeling every . It's a good job
that the soundtrack is so spectacular, since there are no special
features except the usual suspects, the original theatrical
trailer and scene access. --Kristen BowditchEssex Boys constructs
a fictional story around the infamous Range Rover murders in
Rettenden, Essex, in which three local drug dealers were found
blasted to death by s. Driving for ex-con Jason Locke
(Sean Bean) was just another job for Billy Reynolds (Charlie
Creed-Miles). But fresh out of a five-year stretch, Locke is
looking to make up for lost time and begins a turf war. He stalks
his manor with a menacing leer and a bottle of to throw in
the face of anyone who gets in his way, and is given to
humiliating publicly his long-suffering wife Lisa (Alex
Kingston). Locke and his drug-dealing gang rely on brute strength
to enforce their will, but when they decide to expand their game
they underestimate the wiles of Billy's boss, countrified crime
gent John Dyke. Director Terry Winsor makes good use of
locations, especially Southend's sunset strip of neon-fronted
clubs and arcades, but fails to lift the plot of his film out of
the Brit-gangster ghetto. That said, Winsor laudably plays it
straight, avoiding the style over substance affectations of the
genre, while coaxing believable performances out of his cast.
--Chris Campion