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The Guvnors

- Revenge is its own executioner

The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.

Release Date : 2014-06-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fulwell 73 ProductionsDP FilmsCreativity Capital

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Adam

Original Name : Harley Sylvester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mitch

Original Name : Doug Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neil

Original Name : Jay Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trey

Original Name : Charley Palmer Rothwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : DC Meyler

Original Name : Martin Hancock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angie

Original Name : Melanie Gutteridge

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alfie

Original Name : Cameron Lee Farrelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Vas Blackwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trent

Original Name : Tony Denham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tone

Original Name : Paul Reynolds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mickey Snr

Original Name : David Essex

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tyler

Original Name : Marley Lockhart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wood

Original Name : Jumayn Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : PC Benson

Original Name : Richard Blackwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheryl

Original Name : Lorraine Stanley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jade

Original Name : Dorian Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michelle

Original Name : Donna Kehoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ginge

Original Name : Craig Canning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Tom Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Jamie Belman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Darren

Original Name : Christopher Hatherall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taylor

Original Name : Francesca Leonie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jade's Mum

Original Name : Nina Cranstoun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teacher

Original Name : Emily Corcoran

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Adam Harley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trent (24)

Original Name : Harry Neale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mitch (24)

Original Name : Paul Collin-Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neil (24)

Original Name : Paul Standell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill (24)

Original Name : Malcolm Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Meyler (24)

Original Name : Tom Dunlea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adam's Mum

Original Name : Rochelle Neil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bill's Assistant

Original Name : Alexandra Piasecki

Gender : Male

Character Name : One-Eyed Baz

Original Name : Barrington Patterson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Top Boy

Original Name : Cass Pennant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Top Boy

Original Name : Steve Wraith

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-27

We start with gang leader "Adam" (Harley Sylvester) proving who's the boss to the neighbours. A brutal and violent man, he then proceeds to visit a boozer that used to be the haunt of the legendary "Guvnors" where he comes off slightly worse at the hands of the elderly " Mickey" (David Essex). Humiliated, he exacts his revenge and soon the two gangs are heading for a rumble with his newly invigorated opponents led by "Mitch" (Doug Allen). Now had this just stayed on the path of a nasty, vicious, tale of gangland power-struggling, then it might just have been passable. It doesn't! It introduces some frankly ridiculous familial sub-plots and delivers these and the overall narrative via some pretty static dialogue and some even worse acting performances. Sylvester just has no menace to him at all, whatever the expletives are that emanative from his scarred face. Maybe I just recall him too much as the quiet one from "Rizzle Kicks" a bit here, but he is just unremarkable. No more so, it has to be said, than the equally unconvincing "Mitch" whose character reminded me of someone from "Green Street" (2005). It can't have had much of a budget, and the production and editing look the product of basic, single-camera, assemble direction that seems determined to shock us into appreciation rather than engage us with any of these, frankly rather odious, individuals. Maybe it is indicative of aspects of East London life, but presented this way I couldn't honestly say I cared about any of them up to and after it's "West Side Story" style denouement.