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The Business (2005)
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Sexy Beast meets GoodFellas in this boisterous 1980s-set crime drama. Directed by The Football Factory's Nick Love, it charts the rise and fall of expat British gangsters living on Spain's sun-drenched Costa del Crime. Danny Dyer stars as the young Londoner who goes on the run to Malaga, only to be initiated into a violent world of drugs and organised crime by flamboyant ex-con Tamer Hassan. Verbally and stylistically the film perfectly captures the era's social and sartorial excesses, providing a hilarious sense of nostalgia that complements the tale's overall black humour. However this self-conscious scene-setting does start to obstruct the plot, with the 80s soundtrack becoming particularly intrusive. Despite a predictable storyline, the actors acquit themselves well, delivering a torrent of bad language and witticisms with skill and relish. None of the characters are likeable, but they are highly watchable — even if the genre itself is getting stale. SF
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Running time
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91min
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Country of origin
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UK / Sp
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Genre
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Crime Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Nick Love
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Theatrical distributor
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Pathé
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UK cinema certificate
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18
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UK cinema release date
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September 2005
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