Below average British gangster film and that's me being kind! Charlie Creed-miles is good, Sean Bean is crap and Alex Kingston's tits are average. Why get a guy from Sheffield to play an Essex boy? Shame there wasn't more room in that Land Rover for the rest of the cast!
Alex Kingston, Amelia Lowdell, Charlie Creed-Miles
The British accents and lingo of Essex Boys are so thick it may help to watch with subtitles--but the moviemaking is clear and crisp. Billy (Charlie Creed-Miles) is a cabdriver who starts getti...( read more
)
DVD Release Date: December 4, 2001
Stats: 230 reviews
Your Rating
Flixster Reviews (230)
-
October 1, 2009
-
May 15, 2008
This fictional story based on the sequence of a true event, shows a glimpse in the British criminal underworld.
With a psychotic performance from Sean Bean and a sinester role for Tom Wilkinson, Essex Boys is a great film of it's genre with a nice twist. -
May 11, 2009
Being a Essex Boy myself i had to see this movie. Based on a true story (i say based on as its a bit far off the truth). Some great acting from S Bean who plays the main hard man in this gangster movie that shows even gangsters get there comeuppances.
-
April 27, 2009
I'd watch anything that had Sean Bean in it, but aside from that I've watched this several times & I luv' it!
-
January 18, 2009
Not the best Brit Gangster flick. But makes up for that by being based on a true story
-
November 2, 2008
these film was alot better then I thought it was going 2 be! Im a essex girl so big up essex lol
Comments
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Essex Boys" !
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.










