The Guvnors

The Guvnors
Directed by Gabe Turner
Written by Gabe Turner
Starring Martin Hancock
Vas Blackwood
Harley Sylvester
David Essex
Doug Allen
Music by Paul Arnold
Andrew Barnabas
Pascal Bideau
Cinematography James Friend
Distributed by Metrodome Distribution
Release date
  • 24 June 2014 (2014-06-24)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Guvnors is a 2014 British crime film directed by Gabe Turner.[1] Former football hooligan Cass Pennant was involved in producing the film.[2]

Plot

Mitch, is the ex-leader of a London firm known as The Guvnors that has walked away from his life of violence and more than 20 years later is happily married. He becomes concerned when his son starts to show violent tendencies through his behavior at school. He is challenged by Shanko, a local gangster, after Shanko learns of the reputation of The Guvnors. Shanko is then humiliated at the hands of another former Guvnor, Mickey. This leads to brutal retaliation and a reuniting of The Guvnors, which reignites gangland warfare spanning two generations of families.[3]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Guvnors has an approval rating of 43%, with an average rating of 4.9/10.[4] On IMDb the film has a rating of 5.8/10.[5] Mike McCahill, film critic of The Guardian gave the film 2/5 stars saying the film "treats one-time football hooligans as if they were Camelot knights, and features a twinkly David Essex".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Guvnors". British Film Council. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Raygunesque #9: Cass Pennant Talks The Guvnors". Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. ↑ "The Guvnors". Film.list.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ The Guvnors, retrieved 2017-12-30
  5. ↑ Turner, Gabe (2014-06-24), The Guvnors, Tom Davis, Charley Palmer Rothwell, David Essex, retrieved 2017-12-30
  6. ↑ McCahill, Mike (2014-08-28). "The Guvnors review – feral losers and former hooligans". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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