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Let the revenge fit the crime - Straightheads
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Title: Straightheads

Release Date: 27 Apr 2007

Runtime: 1h 28m

Genre: Thriller

Director: Free Range Films, UK Film Council, Screen West Midlands, Verve Pictures, DJ Films, Film4 Productions, Ingenious Media

Production Companies: Free Range Films, UK Film Council, Screen West Midlands, Verve Pictures, DJ Films, Film4 Productions, Ingenious Media

Overview: There is instant chemistry between Alice (Gillian Anderson), a businesswoman, and Adam (Danny Dyer), a younger working-class man who installs a security system in her London apartment. She takes him to a party in the country, and they end up making love. But the night turns horrific when they encounter three thugs who maim Adam and rape Alice. The incident turns them into fearful recluses until Alice spots the leader of their attackers (Anthony Calf) -- and the two victims plot a brutal revenge.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.2 (103 votes)

Cast

  • Alice: Gillian Anderson
  • Adam: Danny Dyer
  • Jago: Adam Rayner
  • Misha: Antony Byrne
  • Heffer: Anthony Calf
  • Jamie: Ralph Brown
  • Bill: Steven Robertson
  • Young PA: Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • Sophie: Francesca Fowler
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