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New Town Killers

Play trailer Poster for New Town Killers 2008,  1h 37m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 45% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 32% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
45% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 32% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Alistair's (Dougray Scott) idea of fun is striking strange bargains with desperate people. While interviewing Jamie (Alastair Mackenzie) for a position in his office, the sleazy banker coerces him into playing a dangerous game. The two men find Sean (James Anthony Pearson), a rough young teen whose pregnant sister owes money to some local thugs. Alistair proposes to pay the sister's debt if Sean can resist capture for 12 hours. As the night wears on, Sean realizes someone isn't playing fair.
New Town Killers

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Critics Consensus

A poorly-made Scottish thriller that suffers from bad cinematography, let-down performances and a distinct lack of thrills.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Jun 16, 2009
3/5
It is tightly constructed and successfully portrays the underlying tension between Edinburgh's newly prosperous and those who never had anything and never will. Go to Full Review
Empire Magazine Jun 12, 2009
4/5
Genuinely thrilling urban chase. The tension just keeps ratcheting up. Go to Full Review
Wally Hammond Time Out Jun 12, 2009
1/5
A seemingly self-mocking jumble of sour literary, cinematic, class and genre affectations. Go to Full Review
Jason Best Movie Talk Nov 22, 2020
Too often, however, Jobson seems content to hit the pause button on the action to allow his characters to speechify, with Scott's Alistair much given to clunky-sounding rants on class and power. Go to Full Review
Cosmo Landesman Sunday Times (UK) Jun 16, 2009
2/5
The film has great visual flair, but the story is a heavy-handed slice of modern melodrama that would have made Dickens blush. Go to Full Review
Jason Solomons Observer (UK) Jun 16, 2009
A series of illogical twists derails a chase movie that ends in the unfortunate metaphor of an empty box. Go to Full Review
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Richard Jobson

Director

Dougray Scott

Alistair Raskolnikov

Alastair Mackenzie

Jamie Stewart

James Anthony Pearson

Sean Macdonald

Liz White

Alice Kelly

Charles Mnene

Sam

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New Town Killers

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Movie Info

Synopsis Alistair's (Dougray Scott) idea of fun is striking strange bargains with desperate people. While interviewing Jamie (Alastair Mackenzie) for a position in his office, the sleazy banker coerces him into playing a dangerous game. The two men find Sean (James Anthony Pearson), a rough young teen whose pregnant sister owes money to some local thugs. Alistair proposes to pay the sister's debt if Sean can resist capture for 12 hours. As the night wears on, Sean realizes someone isn't playing fair.
Director
Richard Jobson
Screenwriter
Richard Jobson
Production Co
Independent
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
May 25, 2010
Runtime
1h 37m
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