ChikPapa
Very disappointed :(
Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Gary
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Claudio Carvalho
In London, the former small time criminals and rappers Too Fine (Simon Webb), Finny (Vas Blackwood) and Rage (Roffem Morgan) release a hip-hop CD of their band "Time Served", promoted by their friend Pushy (Robbie Gee), expecting to be successful and make lots of money. But when the violent drug dealer Temper (Patrick Regis) murders Too Fine due to a debt on drugs, rapes his sister Hope (Naomi Taylor) and threatens their family, Hope kills Temper in his apartment sooner and Finny and Rage execute his partners in a night club. The dirty but efficient Detective Andy White (Terry Stone) and his partner investigate the murders and try to find and arrest the killers, while Finny, Rage, Pushy and Hope returns to the criminal life, associating to the former partner of Temper, the powerful gangster David Brumby (Billy Murray), dealing drugs on the streets."Rollin' With the Nines" is a violent, realistic, gore and underrated gangster film. I glanced some reviews, and I do not agree that the cast is not good; on the contrary, all of them have great performances, highlighting Terry Stone, who performs the corrupt, amoral, persistent and ambivalent detective. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "9 mm - O Preço da Vingança" ("9 mm - The Price of the Revenge")
arvy
Another comment on here states that this is "lock stock" without the jokes and yes, to a large degree this is the case.This is a very well shot, gangster movie. Most of the protagonists are south Londoners and in this case, unlike lock-stock, they are black.This follows one crew who enter the world of distributing crack cocaine (to tell you why would be a spoiler) and there quest to get bigger and better.It deals well with the interaction of the local police and touches upon the "new" violent gun culture that has appeared in the UK over the past few years, since crack-cocaine have entered the market.This is well written and very well shot. However the story doesn't always hold together and while the main lead female character is strong, 2 of the leading men don't quite attain this high standard.Please note, there are scenes of violence in this film as shocking as the first time you saw Joe Pesci do something ridiculous in "casino" The music is authentic and enjoyable and "bullet boy" however is a tighter and more engaging movie
brendan carr
Despite the fact that there allot of people i know who actually star in this movie, I've only just had a chance to watch it for the first time now. (and its f**king wicked) The camera work is beautiful, and Actor & Friend Terry Stone plays his part very very nicely, Loving it Terry, looking forward to working on 10 Dead men with ya. Rollin with the nines, yes yes yes,The Violence, god damn, the claret (everywhere), The lead Actress, Naomi Taylor sexy as f**k,and when some one gets blasted with a nine, they really get hit hard and its convincing when someone gets killed. Get this film asap, will cost you about £16 from Hmv but well f**king worth having this one in your collection. love this film to bits and no i Ain't being bias either. BrEnDaN
davideo-2
STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits Too Fine (Simon Webbe of boy band Blue) and his friends Finny (Vas Blackwood), Pushy (Robbie Gee) and Rage (Roffem Morgan) have formed an underground garage group called Too Fine and are hoping to make it into the big leagues. But it all goes tragically wrong when he is murdered by a rival gang leader over an unpayed street debt from his time selling rock on the streets. To make matters worse, with him gone, the weight of that burden falls on the shoulders of his sister Hope (Naomi Taylor) who is then beaten up and raped by his killer, with a promise of worse things to come if the debt is not settled soon. However, realizing there is no realistic way to settle the debt in time and to seek revenge for her brother's murder and her rape, she visits the man early one morning and blasts him to death. The dust seems to settle a little after this, until she learns that one of the man's top suppliers, gangster David Brumby (Billy Murray) has now lost a valuable source of income. Suggesting they work together instead of against each other, they split the difference and Hope and her brother's friends hit the streets again to sell the poison that got them by in the first place. However after an horrific nightclub shooting at the hands of Pushy and Rage in retaliation for Too Fine's murder, two persistent detectives start getting on their backs and it's only a matter of time before everything threatens to come crashing down around them.This small, independent British gangster film has won acclaim at numerous Film Festivals and such, but has had an extremely limited distribution on it's release over here. But like other film's of it's sort, despite it's faults, it's destined to be one of those little seen gems that always gets this sort of distribution.It's a film with a great sense of style, slickly shot and cleverly edited, as well as what is surely a very real depiction of the lives of those it is based around. It also delivers the goods in terms of being hard-hitting and powerful when it needs to be, with some strong, blood-thirsty violence with a lot of loud bangs present in some scenes. However it is the performances that are really noteworthy. Taylor has a certain sexiness to her in her role, a sort of strong black woman type which has appeal. Murray as Brumby is okay, but as soon as I saw him, I couldn't help but think of him as Johnny Allan from East Enders and hearing him use words like 'f*ck' and 'c*nt' really felt funny, especially as he says them in front of a lady, when you think of what a gentleman he's supposed to be in real life. Blackwood, Gee, Morgan and Webbe (making his film debut in what is a very small role) just sort of do what the script requires and fade into the background a little, but Terry Stone as one of the detectives has a good main role.As I said, it has it's faults. It's not the most original sort of film we've been seeing at the moment, it's a bit excessive at times and it feels a little overlong. But if anywhere near you's showing it, it's a little released urban gem that's worth seeking out and seeing. ****