Alexander Morton, Chloe Bale, Claudie Blakley

It's 3:07AM, and two girls burst into a run down toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out, and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom b...( read more  read more... )leeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive…

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R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Paul Andrew Williams

Release Date: February 8, 2008

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DVD Release Date: March 15, 2005

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  • September 30, 2009
    Gritty, raw and full of suspense. A great debut from Williams, am looking forward to seeing more from him. The acting was also superb. We need more British films like this!
  • August 6, 2009
    A good if gritty, raw film film about a runaway girl and a prostitute she befriends trying to get away from a small time gangster. Very short but it makes a big impact, although it was getting predictable towards the end. Great film for a shoe string budget.
  • July 15, 2009
    gritty but with not alot of substance it's been dragged out to even have a short hour and a half runtime. worth a gander though
  • April 5, 2009
    Exceptional!!! Without doubt one of the best films that I have watched in a long time. A gritty, true to life storyline with very natural performances, particularly from the two main characters. This film held me from the get go and never failed to grab my attention throughout...( read more). Quite a frightening reality, which makes it a sensational Drama.

    This is a film that should be on everyone?s ?must see? list (or at the very least every Brit?s ?must see? list).

    People who are easily offended by bad language should probably give it a miss.
  • June 29, 2008
    A wonderfully dark and gritty film that feels like Dead Mans Shoes. A very simple story, a girl and a woman on the run, is transformed into a more detailed character study. At 85 minutes the film is tense and surrounded in mystery as bit by bit we are exposed to why they are on t...( read more)he run and why they are being chased. The acting is fantastically real, it really does raise the quality of the overall film. Other British films such as Kidulthood and Snatch are ruined by quirky, over the top performances and stereotypically cliched dialogue. Not here. Groome is naive and innocent yet suprisngly strong. One supporting character shows a softer side in the very british offering of a cup of tea to his captives. Spruell is also mysteriously captivating as the son robbed of a despicable father. He plays it with an understated amount of both love and contempt. The film as opposed to being shocking is more uncomfortable. The overall tone is bleak but the message at the end is a fair one. Just about everyone gets their comeuppance. A true great, though it does take time to settle into its shoes.
  • November 20, 2009
    Relentlessly brutal and depressing, superbly acted and quite unforgettable. Very realistic, it is all very convincing. Not a pleasant film to watch, but it is so well done, you can?t help but be engrossed by it all.
  • November 16, 2009
    Gritty and mesmerising
  • October 20, 2009
    Very good film! I was very impressed by this low budget movie, with great plot and amateur actors who played their roles perfectly. I didn't expect such a twist at the end, it really surprised me. It's psychological and smart film with nicely done scenes with realistic aproach to...( read more) life, certain moments, emotions... My recommendation.
  • October 16, 2009
    (2008 Director: Paul Andrew Williams) This is a fascinating study. The story of a life-alterating event is told of 2 women, Kelly in her 20's (Lorraine Stanley) and Joann, still a girl (Georgia Groome), each down on their luck.

    How do they get to this harsh moment in their ...( read more)lives? This film tells that story, showing us the rougher side of London, where like almost anywhere runaways turn to the oldest profession just to get by.

    Derek (Johnny Harris), and Chum (Nathan Constance) portray two business associates. small timethugs. Stuart Allen (Alexander Morton) and Duncan Allen (Sam Spruell) are a wealthy father and son respectively. Lot of suspense in well-written and well directed thriller--a portrait of a period of 24 hours.
  • October 4, 2009
    Easy-to-understand revenge drama which gives the viewer immediately a feeling that something bad is going to happen. And at the climax of the movie you can ask yourself if justice really has been done. It left me with a lot of emotions and I will remember this flick for quite a ...( read more)while, just as I still remember Dead Man's Shoes after such a long time.

Critic Reviews


February 8, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The film is a calling card for its sure-handed rookie director, Paul Andrew Williams, who expertly turns up the suspense knob while establishing a thick sense of doom amid grimy settings. full review

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  • lizzellotte
    October 15, 2007
    the girl's not 14, she's 11, about to turn 12
  • johnpaullucky7
    May 19, 2007
    After watching London to Brighton it was a good movie but sad aswell. Putting a girl up at Prostitution at 14 does happen even younger some people are sick but this movie does prove a point a little. Altogether prostitution is wrong. Movie features Lorraine Stanley who was in Casualty in the first show of 2007 she was also in eastenders, also has jack deam from shameles who he played marty in it in this movie he has a short appreance. Nathan Constance who was in bad girls, footballers wifes and the bill. Theres pretty much a big cast in this movie.

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