4 Movies Starring Daniel Mays

The Bank Job

The Bank Job

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-07

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

UK, USA, Australia

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (144758 Reviews)

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Fullplot:

Business is slow for Terry Leather, a London car dealer, married with children. He's an artful dodger, so Martine, a former model with a thing for him, brings him her scheme: a bank's alarm is off for a couple weeks, so let's tunnel into the vault. He assembles a team, not realizing her real goal is a safe-deposit box with compromising photos of a royal: she needs the photos to trade for avoiding a jail sentence - and MI-5, or is it MI-6, is pulling the strings two steps removed. A Trinidadian thug, a high-end bordello owner, and a pornographer also have things stored in the vault, so the break-in threatens many a powerful personage. Is there any way these amateurs can pull it off?

Shifty

Shifty

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2188 Reviews)

Director:

Eran Creevy

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris, confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland, UK

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (4798 Reviews)

Director:

Steve Barron

Genres:

Adventure

Cast:

Writer:

Stewart Harcourt (screenplay)

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Fullplot:

Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.

Common

Common

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (668 Reviews)

Director:

David Blair

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Jimmy McGovern (script)

Jimmy McGovern

Fullplot:

Young Johnjo O'Shea drives his cousin Tony and two friends to a takeaway, unaware that they intend to beat up another youth. In the fracas one of the trio, psycho Kieran Gillespie, stabs to death innocent bystander Thomas Hughes and threatens Johnjo not to go to the police. However Johnjo voluntarily gives a statement to DI Hastings but finds himself remanded in custody despite being guiltless of any crime. Under an ancient legal process known as Joint Enterprise which holds that any accomplice was aware of malicious intent he stands trial with the others. His lawyer puts up an excellent case for him but the judge feels unable to oppose Joint Enterprise and, although only Gillespie gets life, the other boys are forced to plead guilty to GBH and get five years. Parallel to the O'Sheas' plight is the reaction of Thomas's estranged parents, especially his mother Margaret, who ultimately feels a kinship with Johnjo's mother after receiving a letter of apology from the boy. As the credits roll parents whose children are victims of Joint Enterprise talk to the camera.

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