The Guvnors

"Revenge is its own executioner"

2014 1h 35m EN

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5.3

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★5.3TMDB · 72

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Synopsis

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A violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South-East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.

“Revenge is its own executioner”

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Cast

Harley Alexander-Sule
Adam
Doug Allen
Mitch
Jay Simpson
Neil
Charley Palmer Rothwell
Trey
Martin Hancock
DC Meyler
Melanie Gutteridge
Angie
Cameron Lee Farrelly
Alfie
Vas Blackwood
Bill

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gabe Turner
Writers: Gabe Turner
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gabe Turner, shot by James Friend. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Paul Arnold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Emiliano Battista shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Harley Alexander-Sule and Doug Allen and Jay Simpson carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Revenge is its own executioner".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2992524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Gabe Turner directs. James Friend behind the camera. Paul Arnold scores. Emiliano Battista cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 12 years ago.
2Directed by Gabe Turner, shot by James Friend. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Paul Arnold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Emiliano Battista shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Harley Alexander-Sule and Doug Allen and Jay Simpson carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Revenge is its own executioner".
7IMDB entry: tt2992524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: James Friend
Original score: Paul Arnold
Editing: Emiliano Battista
Production design: Paul Burns
Makeup / hair: Jenny Rhodes
Sound: Richard Kondal
Stunt coordinator: Dominic Kinnaird
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Guvnors (2014)

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CinemaSerf2022-11-27
★ 5/10
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.

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