We Still Kill the Old Way (2014 film)

We Still Kill the Old Way is a British crime drama film written by Dougie Brimson, Sacha Bennett and Gary Lawrence, directed by Sacha Bennett, and starring Ian Ogilvy, Alison Doody, Lysette Anthony and James Cosmo.

We Still Kill the Old Way
Directed bySacha Bennett
Produced by
Written by
Starring
CinematographyIsmael Issa
Production
company
Release date
  • 12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A retired East End gangster, Ritchie Archer, returns to London from Spain to investigate the violent sadistic murder of his brother, Charlie, at the hands of a local street gang called E2. In the process, Ritchie discovers that the police are pussyfooting around the case, out of incompetence, fear or both. Ritchie and his old mates gather to pay their last respects to Charlie, and then set about getting revenge. They start by abducting known associates of the gang's leader, Aaron. During interrogation, Ritchie suffers from a heart attack and lands in hospital. They use the investigating detective-inspector's daughter, Lauren, who briefly had a thing with Aaron and witnessed Charlie's murder, to trick the gang into trying to kill Ritchie in his hospital bed. However, the old gangsters are ready for them. During the shoot-out, a number of gang members are either incapacitated or killed, and Roy is wounded. Aaron threatens to kill Lauren if the old ones do not surrender. They do but Ritchie and Aaron fight it off, until armed police arrive on the scene and kill Aaron.

The epilogue shows the old gangsters at the private airport, saying their goodbyes to Ritchie's helicopter when he suddenly appears at their side, mentioning something they did "in 1969, with Charlie", Roy adds "in Turin", obviously a tongue-in-cheek reference to "The Italian Job" and its main character Charlie Crocker, hinting that their next caper will be a bank heist.

Cast

Release

The film was released on DVD in December 2014.

Reception

Stephen Kelly of Total Film gave the film a score of two stars out of five and stated that it "plays its 'everything was much better in the old days' fantasy more as a crass cartoon than as stark social realism".[1]

Sequel

Producer Jonathan Sothcott brings in his involvement with a sequel to the film called We Still Steal the Old Way, with Sacha Bennett returning to direct and co-write the script alongside Simon Cluett.[2] Ian Ogilvy and the rest of the lead cast members reprised their roles, joined by Julian Glover, Patrick Bergin and Billy Murray playing the main antagonist. It was released in April 2017.

References
  1. Kelly, Stephen (30 November 2014). "WE STILL KILL THE OLD WAY". Total Film. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. Phelan, Zehra (31 July 2015). "Prolific Film Producer, Jonathan Sothcott Talks Gangster Films & Danny Dyer sleeping under his desk". Flavour Mag. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
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