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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 07/31/2001 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: New Concorde Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Thriller, Crime Thriller

Though not as successful as Trainspotting (1996) or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), this high-energy, kinetic crime thriller belongs in the same British New Wave category as those later films. In a decaying British city of the near future, Billy (Jude Law) is an ex-con adrenaline junkie dating a Belfast native, the thrill-seeking Jo (Sadie Frost). Billy and Jo are the leaders of a teen gang of "ram-raiders," car thieves who jack an automobile, ram the vehicle through the front of a store, and steal whatever booty they can carry before the authorities arrive. A typical ram raid ends up in a high-speed pursuit by the police, which is all a part of the game for Billy, Jo, and their followers. However, a local drug lord, Tommy (Sean Pertwee) doesn't like the teen crooks infringing on his business. His opposition to their scheming leads to a deadly car race that plays out like a game of post-modern "chicken." Following the release of Shopping (1994), writer-director Paul Anderson went in a different direction than contemporaries Guy Ritchie and Danny Boyle, opting to create slick Hollywood science fiction films such as Mortal Kombat (1995), Event Horizon (1996), and Soldier (1998). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Sadie Frost - Jo
Jude Law - Billy
Sean Pertwee - Tommy
Jonathan Pryce - Conway
Sean Bean - Venning
Marianne Faithfull - Bev