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New Town Killers

2008 1h 37m Drama List
43% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 32% Audience Score 500+ Ratings
Alistair's (Dougray Scott) idea of fun is striking strange bargains with desperate people. While interviewing Jamie (Alastair Mackenzie) for a position in his office, the sleazy banker coerces him into playing a dangerous game. The two men find Sean (James Anthony Pearson), a rough young teen whose pregnant sister owes money to some local thugs. Alistair proposes to pay the sister's debt if Sean can resist capture for 12 hours. As the night wears on, Sean realizes someone isn't playing fair. Read More Read Less
New Town Killers

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A poorly-made Scottish thriller that suffers from bad cinematography, let-down performances and a distinct lack of thrills.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard It is tightly constructed and successfully portrays the underlying tension between Edinburgh's newly prosperous and those who never had anything and never will. Rated: 3/5 Jun 16, 2009 Full Review Empire Magazine Genuinely thrilling urban chase. The tension just keeps ratcheting up. Rated: 4/5 Jun 12, 2009 Full Review Wally Hammond Time Out A seemingly self-mocking jumble of sour literary, cinematic, class and genre affectations. Rated: 1/5 Jun 12, 2009 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk Too often, however, Jobson seems content to hit the pause button on the action to allow his characters to speechify, with Scott's Alistair much given to clunky-sounding rants on class and power. Nov 22, 2020 Full Review Cosmo Landesman Sunday Times (UK) The film has great visual flair, but the story is a heavy-handed slice of modern melodrama that would have made Dickens blush. Rated: 2/5 Jun 16, 2009 Full Review Jason Solomons Observer (UK) A series of illogical twists derails a chase movie that ends in the unfortunate metaphor of an empty box. Jun 16, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Not bad, but way to many English people in it for a Scottish film. It just wasn't as tense as it could have been. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit gone in my memory , but i remember it was good yes Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member WOW......WOW.....WOW.....SO SO SO SO SO BAD......MAN THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH.......WARNING THIS MOVIE CONTAINS STROBE LIGHTNING EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE......MAN THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SUCH A BAD MOVIE 2 WATCH, JUST AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL IT IS SUCH A BAD MOVIE 2 WATCH, JUST AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL COSTS IT IS THAT BAD.....JUST DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE IT IS SO AWFUL....... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Prostitution, Debt, Drugs, Credit Cards, Mens Toilets and this film starts getting interesting. The night is brought to the screen well with photography that still maintains its intimate presence. Music forces tension and thrill to the mind as the chase progresses. Planning is well highlighted however this places you in a false sense of security for the horror around the corner. Nibbles: Cognac. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Another shit British film with wooden acting that should be on the true movies channel the day after it hits cinemas. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member So bad...My problem is that I'm too curious to stop watching it, I need to see what happens :P. This is a British movie btw...explains why it sucks. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Alistair's (Dougray Scott) idea of fun is striking strange bargains with desperate people. While interviewing Jamie (Alastair Mackenzie) for a position in his office, the sleazy banker coerces him into playing a dangerous game. The two men find Sean (James Anthony Pearson), a rough young teen whose pregnant sister owes money to some local thugs. Alistair proposes to pay the sister's debt if Sean can resist capture for 12 hours. As the night wears on, Sean realizes someone isn't playing fair.
Director
Richard Jobson
Screenwriter
Richard Jobson
Production Co
Independent
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
May 25, 2010
Runtime
1h 37m