The Business (2005)
During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mother's thug of a boyfriend gives him just the opportunity. After beating up the abusive beau, Frankie runs off to Spain, where he lands a job delivering a package to the dapper Playboy Charlie, a gangster who takes him under his wing. Working as Charlie's driver, Frankie is immersed in a world of fast cars and pretty women -- but all the excess could be his undoing.
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That was an excellent one.
So much average
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
THE BUSINESS is an appalling modern-day gangster film by Nick Love, the god-awful director behind the equally terrible OUTLAW. Starring Danny Dyer (who he?) and Tamer Hassan (who he?), this tells the tale of a couple of British gangsters and their rise to fame - and eventual downfall - in sunny Spain. It's like SCARFACE, but dumbed down for the chav masses.The movie is completely awful, and much of that is down to the nonsensical script. Characterisation is zilch, the dialogue is written by a guy with a tin ear (Love himself, unsurprisingly) and everything that happens is clichéd and predictable. There are occasional moments of suspense and promising scenes that lead nowhere, but the biggest disappointment is the climax, where everything peters into nothing instead of going out with a bang. It's one of those films where you hate all the characters and are hoping for a massacre along the way.The acting is bad too, but it doesn't really matter when the cast have absolutely nothing to work with in the profanity-laden script. Dyer can be passable given the right material (such as SEVERANCE) but he's out of his depth here and completely wooden, and the less said about Hassan the better, except that he's no actor. In any case, I've wasted enough time on this trash already - avoid it like the plague!
Yes, the soundtrack plays a HUGE part in this film, but I still believe the storyline and cast are just as important.The idea of moving abroad has always appealed to me, and what better place to venture than the 'Costa del Crime' ha ha! Charlie's Bar, here I come!But in all seriousness, I found the plot and filming locations very believable. I'm sure there were (perhaps still?) lots of back handers to keep the locals happy. Danny Dyer is tarnished with this rough, ready and sometimes mediocre actor, but he plays his part excellent in this film. It's just a shame that his working relationship with Tamir continued as their other films could not compete with this.Anyway, can't stay around too long to write, "the Dutch are here...".
I never heard of "The Business" before deciding to watch it.This film is funny, maintained its 80's era charm, but was still an action-packed film with much deceiving among its' character's. Somewhat resembles Scarface... Rise-n-fall within the drug world. As with any successful drug business... Greed destroys people's ambitions.I wanna see this film again, but I cannot find it anywhere! I have been looking for "The Business" for over a year.**** Does anyone know where to find a Free-Link to "The Business" ??**** Please, Post the Link!**** ANYONE HAVE THIS LINK ??.
The plot: Frankie, a young lad on the run from the grimy ghetto of South London, plans his escape and the beginnings of a new life in sunny Spain - the Costa Del Sol to be more precise. Armed with nothing but a bundle of cash stashed in his luggage he heads off, yet Frankie has no idea that this sum of money will catapult him into the seductive world of ex-gangster Charlie. Before he knows it Frankie's got more then he bargained for - he's one of Charlie's gang and slap bang in the middle of the heady world of organized crime.What does it have in common with Scarface? It portrays the rise and fall of a character in crime who starts off as an average guy until he gets in contact with the ?right? people. He also has a friend and partner in crime who rises and falls with him. Another similarity is the cheesy 80's soundtrack. This one is very British, but it's just as obtrusive, although I think it doesn't quite work here. Probably because it is British and I don't exactly associate British with cool. Since coming off as cool apparently was the intention I can't say it succeeded here. I would guess that half the budget or more was spent on the soundtrack alone, most of them are well known tracks.What does it have in common with El Mariachi?It's cheap. It looks more cheap than it actually was, but this independent movie feeling never goes away. It wouldn't have been a bad move if they saved some money from the soundtrack and instead got a decent camera operator, for example. One who can pan sideways without shaking the camera up and down. It is a bright and sunny film, although not as dusty. Also, it tries to win the audience over with gun slinging. This is always cool and doesn't cost much money, right?What's the big difference to Scarface?It starts off more like Goodfellas, rather than Scarface. The young main character, Frankie, is introduced to an underworld new to him. The audience discovers this world along with him. Other than in Scarface the main character always has his friend and partner standing above him. Imagine: The movie Scarface told from Manny's (Steven Bauer) perspective.Quality-wise it didn't convince me. It's decently original but not written too well. To me it was a rather uninvolving experience.