- Release:
6 mei 2014 - Regie:
Stephen Reynolds
- Cast:
Nick Nevern (The Sweeney, Vendetta)
Danny Dyer (Age of Heroes)
Vincent Regan (300, Snow White and the Huntsman, Lockout)
Ricci Harnett (28 Days Later, Rise Of The Footsoldier)
Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines, Hollyoaks)
- Genre:
Actie
- Jaar: 2013
- A Première TV Distribution Release
Vendetta
SYNOPSIS
Wanneer een kruidenier ingrijpt bij een brute straatroof veroorzaakt hij per ongeluk de dood van een jonge overvaller. De volgende dag krijgen ze bezoek van de rest van de bende en betalen hij en zijn vrouw op gruwelijke wijze de tol.
Hun zoon Jimmy, op oneervolle wijze ontslagen uit het Britse leger, keert net uit Afghanistan terug als hij het vreselijke nieuws verneemt. De keiharde ondervragingsexpert van de Royal Marines aarzelt geen moment. Hij begint de daders op te sporen om de zinloze dood van zijn ouders te wreken. Dat levert hem niet alleen de onverdeelde aandacht van de politie op, maar ook van zijn oude regiment, waarover hij meer weet dan hen lief is. Maar terwijl de media snoepen van deze burgerwacht en zijn bloedwraak, heeft Jimmy één aspect niet onder controle: de veiligheid van zijn geliefde...
VENDETTA is een brute wraakthriller die zich tegen de achtergrond van een losgeslagen Engeland afspeelt. Van de makers van White Collar Hooligan, Devil's Playground en Gangster Playboy Legends.
REVIEWS
- Britflicks.com: The plot and action rattle along with a few reversals of expectations along the way to keep you guessing. Danny Dyer is convincing as the hero. In some senses he's part Stallone's Rambo and part Liam Neeson's Bryan Mills (Taken).
- TheFilmPodcast.co.uk: Vendetta will rightly draw comparisons to Death Wish and Harry Brown and is easily the best British thriller in recent years, what the film will be remembered for though is the performance given by its leading man, the days of Danny Dyer cockney geezer have long gone, this is a complete character re-invention and a controlled staunch performance showing his critics and audience alike why he was Harold Pinter's favourite actor. There is tension and trauma bubbling under the cool dangerous exterior with Dyers stone killer only giving glimpses of his former self with darkly comical wisecracks before dispatching the next victim in a more violent and inventive way than the last.
- HeYuGuys.co.uk: With propulsive storytelling from Reynolds and a reined-in, powerful Dyer in the form of his life, Vendetta's a simplistic yet gripping movie.
- Skymovies.sky.com: Grisly. Gritty. Brutal. Naughty.
- Totalfilm.com: looking a million dollars thanks to the gleaming images of DoP Haider Zaifar, Vendetta sees a restrained, glum-faced Danny Dyer going all Death Wish on the hoodies who killed his parents.
- Theshiznit.co.uk: Vendetta is a four-star film, and I hereby stake my journalistic reputation on it. Reynolds should be congratulated on pushing through a well-told, character-driven story in a field where dumb violence and tits will usually suffice.
- TheRayGun.co.uk: It's a veritable return to form for a man who was a video favourite and then became almost a caricature of himself. People want to like him and his films, with Vendetta, he's let them do that. This year's big post-Christmas treat for the fellas, it's a bona fide video hit.
- Thehollywoodnews.com: A brutal revenge thriller ... Dyer holds his own in a moody and subdued performance that is possibly his best since the superb Christopher Smith film, SEVERANCE.
- Theactionelite.com: Incredibly tense, disturbing and thoroughly entertaining. Bottom Line: 4 / 5 - Explosive!
- Thepeoplesmovies.com: Vendetta keeps things simple (perhaps its key strength) never attempts to over-complicate its slick, effective story. Dyer is on top-form in this fast-paced gritty revenge flick which stands as the highpoint of his recent career,