Played (film)

Played
Played DVD cover
Directed by	Sean Stanek
Written by	Sean Stanek Mick Rossi
Produced by	Caspar von Winterfeldt Mick Rossi Nick Simunek
Starring	Gabriel Byrne Val Kilmer Adam Fogerty Vinnie Jones Joanne Whalley Patsy Kensit Bruno Kirby Sile Bermingham Anthony LaPaglia
Cinematography	Michael Pavlisan Sean Stanek
Edited by	Matthew Booth Jonathan Brayley Tom McGah Benjamin Pollack
Music by	Danny Saber
Distributed by	Lions Gate Entertainment
Release dates	December, 2006
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Played is a 2006 crime film produced by Caspar von Winterfeldt, Nick Simunek and Mick Rossi, written by Sean Stanek and Mick Rossi and directed by Sean Stanek. The film stars Val Kilmer, Gabriel Byrne, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin, Joanne Whalley, Bruno Kirby, Anthony LaPaglia, Roy Dotrice, Patsy Kensit, Andy Nyman and introduced Mick Rossi in his first major feature film role.

Originally intended to be a short, the film was shot without the use of a scripted screenplay and the director (Sean Stanek) allowed the actors to improvise a majority of dialogue as he shot the scenes. The picture was shot on location in London and Los Angeles and took three years to complete.

Plot

The story opens in Los Angeles with Dillon (Val Kilmer) who receives a phone call from Ray Burns (Mick Rossi) who has just been shot and desperately needs help. Dillon is a cleaner for Eddie (Gabriel Byrne) and has been sent to assist Ray should he require it. After a colorful opening title sequence which follows Dillon's drive to the house, he finds Ray almost bleeding to death on a sofa. After removing all of the evidence, Dillon leaves carrying Ray to his car but not before he torches the house and destroys and traces of Ray having been there. As Dillon and Ray drive away, Dillon struggles to keep Ray conscious and relates to him a story which coins the catch-phrase of the motion picture "Don't Taco Ray! Don't Taco".

The story then transitions to eight years earlier and introduces Riley (Patrick Bergin) as he admires some artwork in a London gallery. His phone rings and Detective Brice (Vinnie Jones) informs Riley that there is a shipment of heroine coming in and that Riley should get a team together to heist the merchandise for him. Riley agrees to the job and tell Brice that he has just the man to do it namely petty thief Ray Burns. Riley gives a menacing stare to the Gallery attendant (Caspar von Winterfeldt) in one of the films funnier moments before leaving to meet with Ray.

After they discuss the details of the job at hand, Ray agrees to do the heist and meets up with his team which consists of Nathan (Sean Power) and Terry Rawlings (Trevor Nugent) son of infamous moblord Jack Rawlings (Roy Dotrice). They are also joined by Terry's girlfriends Cindy (Patsy Kensit). Together they begin plotting the raid and shortly after they embark on the robbery. Nathan has been dispatched to the roof as lookout and Ray and Terry break into the warehouse to steal the heroine shipment.

Cast

• Val Kilmer as Dillon
• Gabriel Byrne as Eddie
• Mick Rossi as Ray Burns
• Patrick Bergin as Riley
• Joanne Whalley as Maggie
• Roy Dotrice as Jack Rawlings
• Vinnie Jones as Detective Brice
• Patsy Kensit as Bunny
• Anthony LaPaglia as Detective Drummond
• Bruno Kirby as Detective Allen
• Andy Nyman as Danny
• Sile Bermingham as Samantha Fay
• Caspar von Winterfeldt as Gallery Attendant
• Meredith Ostrom as Nikki
• Steve Jones as London Charlie

• Trevor Nugent as Terry Rawlings
• Aaron Gallagher as Officer Chris Anders
• John Jones as Hotel Security Man
• Nick Simunek as Boyd
• Pipo Chiu as Maggie's Assistant
• Imran Ahktar as Prison Guard
• Adam Fogerty as Big Frankie
• Nigel Mead as Chris the Maggot
• Luca Palanca as Patrol Officer Gomez
• Sean Power as Nathan
• Emma Ryan as The Stripper
• Marc Siciliani as Detective Bartow
• George Berg as Police Detective