'The Guvnors' (2014) - Gabe Turner.
This
rewardingly bellicose, Thug-Tastic British gangland thriller is an adrenalized,
bloody-knuckled admixture of 'Rise of The Footsoldier' & 'Harry
Brown'. When feral, drug-peddling, recklessly razor-slashing horror
hoodies seek to annihilate legendary old school terrace titans 'The
Guvnors', disgraced, Teflon-tough ex-top boy, Mitch (Doug Allen)
reveals his fearsome reputation is well deserved! There's a
nihilistic, Droog-like intensity to, Harley Sylvester's
cruel, hate-fuelled, dead-eyed delinquency which proved eerily compelling. Gabe
Turner's immensely watchable 'The Guvnors' is a polished,
convincingly acted, exhilaratingly lively portrayal of the fractious
internecine conflict between two rival inner city firms right to rule. While The Guvnor's greatest appeal will be to rabid Thugsploitation junkies, those individuals with a prurient interest in the dodgier denizens of London's more deprived suburbs certainly won't feel cheated.
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