TwentyFourSeven

R

1997

1 hr. 36 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

35%

20 Reviews

Tomatometer

81%

500+ Ratings

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As a youth, Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins) avoided getting sucked into violent gang life in Nottingham by taking out his aggression at a boxing club. Years later, the same grim temptations of crime and drugs from his upbringing threaten to lure a new generation of young public housing residents into a downward spiral. With financial help from gangster Ronnie Marsh (Frank Harper), Alan reopens the gym he went to in his youth and begins training his troubled recruits for a public boxing match.

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Bethany N

A great 90's Brit flick from Shane Meadows, kind light-hearted and at times emotional.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/02/22

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simon d

An early Shane Meadows film about a bloke who tries to set up a boxing club to get the chavs off the streets. Pretty typical of Meadows, looks like it contains a fair bit of improvisation and the acting is not always the best but it does have it's funny moments including a young James Corden playing a role which I'm sure he will be a bit embarrassed about these days.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Not up there with Meadows absolute best but worth watching for Hoskins great lead performance, a story once again resonating with our current times and a decent soundtrack.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Often eclipsed by the later successes of Romeo Brass and This Is England, 24:7 still stands in its own right as an original artwork of what Meadows is all about.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

The feature length debut of Shane Meadows, following well made short films like Where's the Money, Ronnie? (1995) and Small Time (1996), both got a double bill cinema release. This is a small-scale but well made comedy-drama showing a side to 90's Britain that is still the same now. Meadows has shown the underbelly of Britain in his films, but they all have a sense of hope and optimism, this kicked it all off. In a working class Midlands town, (maybe Nottingham), it has Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins), a middle-aged man who is appalled at what is happening to the youth around the town, and because he had experience with youth groups in the past. He ends up pitching an idea to one group, consisting of Tim (Danny Nussbaum), Daz (Darren Campbell), Stuart (Karl Collins), Gadget (Justin Brady), Youngy (Anthony Clarke), Benny (Johann Myers) and Meggy (Jimmy Hynd). Alan plans to start a boxing club, something to do with their lives and build up pride and purpose. It gets coverage and more join, but Alan faces confrontation and abuse from Tim's abusive father (Bruce Jones), but Alan isn't going to go down easily. It's well made and shot in a grainy but effective black and white, it helps to bring out the local colour of the characters. It also showcases a brilliant performance from Bob Hoskins, who brings out a down-to-earth performance as the down-trodden but plucky Alan. Once Meadows started with his brand of filmmaking, he hasn't stopped, and it's been exciting so far.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

A great british film from Meadows and a great performance one of the most overlooked actors of his generation. Hoskins dominates the film and tries to help kids off the street but in the ironic twist ends up being their downfall. A gritty and moving film regarding youth culture and violence Meadows portrays a more realistic version of life than most, had seen This Is England before this but this is a more stripped version and just down to earth - a great film

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Shane Meadows

Director

Bob Hoskins

Alan Darcy

Danny Nussbaum

Tim

James Hooton

"Wolfman" Knighty

Darren O. Campbell

Daz

Justin Brady

Gadget

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 12, 2002

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BBC.com

Rated: 4/5

Apr 17, 2001

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It follows the familiar formulaic path of Brit working-class films of the 60s, but has less edge than those films.

Rated: C

Sep 4, 2008

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Hoskins dominates with bulldog power.

Rated: 4/5

May 26, 2006

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Film Threat

Rated: 2/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Synopsis

As a youth, Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins) avoided getting sucked into violent gang life in Nottingham by taking out his aggression at a boxing club. Years later, the same grim temptations of crime and drugs from his upbringing threaten to lure a new generation of young public housing residents into a downward spiral. With financial help from gangster Ronnie Marsh (Frank Harper), Alan reopens the gym he went to in his youth and begins training his troubled recruits for a public boxing match.

Director: Shane Meadows
Executive Producer: George Faber, David M. Thompson, Stephen Woolley, Nik Powell
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $71.2K