24 Hours in London
| 24 Hours in London | |
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 Every second kills. |
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| Directed by | Alexander Finbow |
| Produced by | Fergal McGrath |
| Written by | Alexander Finbow |
| Starring | Gary Olsen Anjela Lauren Smith |
| Music by | Edmund Butt |
| Cinematography | Chris Plevin |
| Editing by | Ian Farr |
| Distributed by | Blue Dolphin Film Distribution (UK) Blockbuster Entertainment Group (US) |
| Release date(s) | July 14, 2000 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English / French / Russian |
24 Hours in London is a 2000 British crime thriller film from writer-director Alexander Finbow. The film takes place in London in the year 2009.
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[edit] Plot
Crimelord Christian is in charge of the streets of London, he decides to exterminate a rival gang but leaves a witness in the process. Martha--the witness-- is being protected by the police but Christians gang is unstopable. After her near-death experience in the police station; she is moved to another location to meet up with under-cover officers. Upon arrival the alleged under-cover cop is actually impersonating the identity of the officer that he and his accompliced just harvested organs from. In the end when Christian is dying in the hotel room, we learn the main protagonist is actually a mole for Christian and that one of Christians thugs is romantically involved with Martha. Turns out that Martha and her lover Tony hired the organ harvesters who are caught up in the middle, Christian is dead, the good/bad cop is left to die and the organ harvesters and the con couple (Martha and Tony) leave. After they leave the room the police force enters the room and the commisioner gives a nod signaling them to leave.
The British film was of moderate success, but will be remembered for its theme; There is always a balance of good and evil due to the inconsistency of loyalty residing in man's greed and temptaion.
[edit] Cast
- Gary Olsen as Christian
- Tony London as Leon
- David Sonnethal as Bubbles Healy
- Sara Stockbridge as Simone
- Luke Garrett as Richard
- Wendy Cooper as Antonia
- Anjela Lauren Smith as Martha
- John Sharian as Tony
- Lorelei King as Lloyd
- Sean Francis as Samuel
- Katia Caballero as Michelle
- Richard Graham as Novell
- Morgan Jones as Sean
- Jeremy Beckman as Floyd
- Olegario Fedoro as Mobster Koloshnakov
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 24 Hours in London at the Internet Movie Database
- 24 Hours in London at Rotten Tomatoes
- 24 Hours in London at Allmovie
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