198 Grand
"If you steal from the boss, you better be ready to run"
Three hapless criminals from South London find themselves in possession of a large sum of money
"If you steal from the boss, you better be ready to run"
Three hapless criminals from South London find themselves in possession of a large sum of money
Andy Frith
Hugo
Dean Kilbey
Steve
Cyrus Desir
Tony
Simon Allen
Bill
Dave Courtney
Ray
Fabian Spencer
Gavin
Tom Beyer
Terry
Rochelle Carnegie
Terry's girl
Emily Clark
Joe
Three hapless criminals from South London find themselves in possession of a large sum of money
Rather awful. The opening few scenes of '198 Grand' are actually, relatively, alright - I felt amused, not because it's anything great but it was more entertaining that I thought it would be. However, that very quickly wore off unfortunately. The longer it went on, the more I was wishing for the end. There are way too many characters in this, a lot of them are cliché drug-taking, innuendo-filled, gun-wielding London gangsters that you've seen countless times before in these low-budget films. Some, e.g. the main three guys, are minorly funny - the trio do actually work OK together. The ending is underwhelming, even if the outcome is (given the alternatives) a positive one. I have incredibly seen worse, this gets a mark above the bottom due to its (admittedly poor) comedic side that stops it taking itself too seriously at the very least.
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