However, he said: "It's a very unattractive feature that while the fire service were trying to put a fire out at these premises you were taking the opportunity to move two loads of plants before being arrested by the police on the third occasion.

Francis "Franny" Bennett shot to fame in Shooters, a gritty Channel 4 film about Liverpool's underworld, which became a cult hit. The helpless man on the floor then reveals he knows John and is executed by one of the other men who pumps three bullets into his victim. APA style: Movie that opened doors to a new career; LEADER: PADDY SHENNAN speaks to three former Liverpool doormen who, thanks to a twist of fate, are now carving out new careers in the acting profession.fair enough it never cost much money but its not the point i bought the dvd shooters but instead i got a dvd about some old rock band on tour! Later in the film their is an amazing plot twist which had me "On the edge of my seat" when I realised what was going on. This is what a gangster movie should be like, not little softies like that Statham bloke who seems to be appearing on every tough guy movie. Non-actors take the lead roles in this semi-improvised, ultra-realistic gangster drama set in Merseyside's criminal underworld.

Mr Parry-Jones said Bennett had been awaiting sentence for more than a year and that with his mental health issues, the stress had weighed heavily. Mind (0300 123 3393) is a charity based in England providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. So Reed ended up recruiting what might be described as ‘local characters’ to improvise a piece of fiction based on what goes on in Merkeyside’s criminal subculture.Please presume that any reference to a digital copy/UV copy will not be applicable, as these are used items. But when the big man later gets linked to the drug-related death of a rival gangster, things begin to get out of hand. It’s essentially a drama, but the project had its basis in the director wanting to make a documentary about gangsters in Liverpool… Except perhaps unsurprisingly not even Scouse hoods are so stupid as to go on camera and talk about their daily ‘working’ lives.

He also told him to attend a 20-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, before stating: "All mitigation has been taken account of today.The Film is set in Liverpool and used local criminals as actors depicting the lives of local 'gangsters . And no, it doesn’t glamorise the gangster lifestyle – we’re talking roid raging, coke-addled, mostly unlikeable idiots here.

But as firefighters tried to put out the flames, the 46-year-old arrived and started loading cannabis plants into a pickup truck. Mr Parry-Jones said: "That attempted suicide was a particularly dangerous one for him, because he was found on a motorway. Set in Liverpool, this film by Dan Reed uses a cast of non-actors and semi-improvised scenes in an attempt to accurately portray the murky world of UK gangsters, with shockingly realistic results. Nightclub bouncer Big John is eager to earn some quick money and becomes involved in the plans for a robbery.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Young Persons Advisory Service provides mental health and emotional wellbeing services for Liverpool’s children, young people and families. It’s pretty darn good, up there with Penny Woolcock‘s Tina series for films that use non-professional actors. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He has or had severe mental health difficulties and to his credit he seems to have made good progress and your honour knows from the pre-sentence report he attributes some of that to his illegal use of cannabis.