Year: 2010
Directors: Sacha Bennett
Writers: Graeme Muir, Sacha Bennett
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Trailer: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 6 out of 10
[Editor's note: Don't forget to enter to win one of five DVDs of Bonded by Blood]
The best true-crime films are usually written like tragedies. Goodfellas, Blow, Scarface, Stander; all Icarus tales about guys growing up on the fringes, becoming made men and then getting too greedy when the dirty money starts rolling in. Their rise is usually an entertaining whirlwind of glamor and excess while their downfall exposes the American dream as a breeding ground for ungentlemanly behavior. And of course, their death/capture is always depicted with a certain epic gravitas in order to give the characters mythic qualities. Say hello to my little friend! Yes, our criminals are as mythic as our heroes.
Unfortunately, while Bonded by Blood delivers on its promise of showing the true story of the "Essex Boys" in all its bloody foul-mouthed glory, there is no real joy in watching...
Directors: Sacha Bennett
Writers: Graeme Muir, Sacha Bennett
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 6 out of 10
[Editor's note: Don't forget to enter to win one of five DVDs of Bonded by Blood]
The best true-crime films are usually written like tragedies. Goodfellas, Blow, Scarface, Stander; all Icarus tales about guys growing up on the fringes, becoming made men and then getting too greedy when the dirty money starts rolling in. Their rise is usually an entertaining whirlwind of glamor and excess while their downfall exposes the American dream as a breeding ground for ungentlemanly behavior. And of course, their death/capture is always depicted with a certain epic gravitas in order to give the characters mythic qualities. Say hello to my little friend! Yes, our criminals are as mythic as our heroes.
Unfortunately, while Bonded by Blood delivers on its promise of showing the true story of the "Essex Boys" in all its bloody foul-mouthed glory, there is no real joy in watching...
- 5/26/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(January 2011)
Directed by: Sacha Bennett
Written by: Graeme Muir and Sacha Bennett
Starring: Tamer Hassan, Vincent Regan, Terry Stone, Adam Deacon, Kierston Wareing and Dave Legeno
Just as the real-life Essex Boys saw themselves as big gangsters, “Bonded by Blood,” the film about their rise and fall, thinks of itself as a definitive gangster flick, but both crumble in the end.
The film, written and directed by Sacha Bennett, is based on the events that led to the 1995 murder of three drug gang members in the city of Rettendon, Essex. Pat Tate (Tamer Hassan), Craig Rolfe (Neil Maskell) and Tony Tucker (Terry Stone) are shot in the head while sitting in their Range Rover. Jack Whomes (Dave Legeno) and Mickey Steele (Vincent Regan) are convicted of the murders based on testimony from Darren Nicholls (Adam Deacon), who is later placed in witness protection. The story is not new to the screen,...
(January 2011)
Directed by: Sacha Bennett
Written by: Graeme Muir and Sacha Bennett
Starring: Tamer Hassan, Vincent Regan, Terry Stone, Adam Deacon, Kierston Wareing and Dave Legeno
Just as the real-life Essex Boys saw themselves as big gangsters, “Bonded by Blood,” the film about their rise and fall, thinks of itself as a definitive gangster flick, but both crumble in the end.
The film, written and directed by Sacha Bennett, is based on the events that led to the 1995 murder of three drug gang members in the city of Rettendon, Essex. Pat Tate (Tamer Hassan), Craig Rolfe (Neil Maskell) and Tony Tucker (Terry Stone) are shot in the head while sitting in their Range Rover. Jack Whomes (Dave Legeno) and Mickey Steele (Vincent Regan) are convicted of the murders based on testimony from Darren Nicholls (Adam Deacon), who is later placed in witness protection. The story is not new to the screen,...
- 2/1/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(January 2011)
Directed by: Sacha Bennett
Written by: Graeme Muir and Sacha Bennett
Starring: Tamer Hassan, Vincent Regan, Terry Stone, Adam Deacon, Kierston Wareing and Dave Legeno
Just as the real-life Essex Boys saw themselves as big gangsters, “Bonded by Blood,” the film about their rise and fall, thinks of itself as a definitive gangster flick, but both crumble in the end.
The film, written and directed by Sacha Bennett, is based on the events that led to the 1995 murder of three drug gang members in the city of Rettendon, Essex. Pat Tate (Tamer Hassan), Craig Rolfe (Neil Maskell) and Tony Tucker (Terry Stone) are shot in the head while sitting in their Range Rover. Jack Whomes (Dave Legeno) and Mickey Steele (Vincent Regan) are convicted of the murders based on testimony from Darren Nicholls (Adam Deacon), who is later placed in witness protection. The story is not new to the screen,...
(January 2011)
Directed by: Sacha Bennett
Written by: Graeme Muir and Sacha Bennett
Starring: Tamer Hassan, Vincent Regan, Terry Stone, Adam Deacon, Kierston Wareing and Dave Legeno
Just as the real-life Essex Boys saw themselves as big gangsters, “Bonded by Blood,” the film about their rise and fall, thinks of itself as a definitive gangster flick, but both crumble in the end.
The film, written and directed by Sacha Bennett, is based on the events that led to the 1995 murder of three drug gang members in the city of Rettendon, Essex. Pat Tate (Tamer Hassan), Craig Rolfe (Neil Maskell) and Tony Tucker (Terry Stone) are shot in the head while sitting in their Range Rover. Jack Whomes (Dave Legeno) and Mickey Steele (Vincent Regan) are convicted of the murders based on testimony from Darren Nicholls (Adam Deacon), who is later placed in witness protection. The story is not new to the screen,...
- 2/1/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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