28 October 2006

Shooters (2002)




































































































































































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Shooters (2002)

Directed by
Glenn Durfort
Colin Teague

Writing credits
Louis Dempsey
Andrew Howard

Plot description:
Shooters stars Andrew Howard as an ex-convict with a drug problem who lacks the skills to be anything other than a flim-flam man. He has gotten his friend Gilly into a tight spot by putting Gilly's money into gun-buying proposition. Soon the pair must tangle with a variety of nefarious types in order to get their lives straightened out. [Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide]

Though set in London, "Shooters" deserves some credit for assembling its collection of devious lowlifes from more far-flung parts of the UK and beyond. Thus we find Adrian Dunbar's smooth Irish kingpin negotiating a drug deal with Gerard Butler's psychotic Glaswegian supplier, with a little help from assorted Welsh scumbags (Ioan Gruffudd, Jason Hughes, Matthew Rhys). Dunbar, meanwhile, has his eye on a henchman's wife - curiously played by Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey, gamely grappling with an unlikely Cockney accent. Caught up in all of this is recently released ex-con Gilly (Dempsey) and his unhinged pal J (Howard), who hope to get rich while keeping one step ahead of the cops (represented here by the demure Emma Fielding). You will not be surprised to learn that it ends in an orgy of bloodshed, and a betrayal lifted straight from the "Reservoir Dogs" manual of predictable plot developments. [Neil Smith, BBC]

Cast:
Adrian Dunbar .... Max Bell
Andrew Howard .... J
Louis Dempsey .... Gilly

Gerard Butler .... Jackie Junior
Jason Hughes .... Charlie Franklin

Matthew Rhys .... Eddie

Ioan Gruffudd .... Freddy Guns
Jamie Sweeney .... Skip

Melanie Lynskey .... Marie
Emma Fielding .... Detective Inspector Sarah Pryce
David Kennedy .... Sergeant Webb
Joe Swash .... Boy #1 (as Joseph Swash)
Ranjit Krishnamma .... Pac
Nitin Ganatra .... Ajay

Walter Roberts .... Jason
Ted Nygh .... Mickey
Mike Martin .... Vic
Glenn Durfort .... Glenn

Treva Etienne .... Binney
James Keegan .... Runners kid
Tom Keegan .... Runners kid
Katy Howard .... Runners kid
Cassie Gill .... Runners kid
Sam Ashton .... Runners kid
Joel Samuels .... Runners kid
Patrice Ettienne .... Runners kid
Robert Ryan Denton .... Runners kid
Leon Black .... Runners kid
Barry McNicholl .... Runners kid
Adam Deacon .... Runners kid
Gemma McLuskie .... Runners kid
Melanie Martinez .... Runners kid
Lee Turnbull .... Runners kid
Daniel Scott-Croxford .... Runners kid
Amy Scarth .... Runners kid
Zara Ashton .... Charlie's Girl
Tucker Stevens .... Bodyguard 1
Raquel Cassidy .... Tess
Stephen Evans .... Pal
B.A. Wilson .... Bodyguard 2
Sheryl Gannaway .... Dazzler girl
Katherine Gillem .... Dazzler girl

Tim Plester .... Man in street
Marc Hobbs .... Driver
Joanne Young .... Lady with hat
Neil Howard .... Clubber
Lawrence Gonthier .... Clubber
Peter Orchard .... Clubber
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Tarn .... Vic