A Day of Violence is a 2021 British crime thriller film written and directed by Darren Ward, starring Nick Rendell, Christopher Fosh, Victor D. Thorn, Tina Barnes and Steve Humphrey.
| A Day of Violence | |
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| Directed by | Darren Ward |
| Written by | Dominic Brunt |
| Produced by | Dave Andrews Ian Andrews Catherine Friend Pillinger Kathy Janet Lush Malcolm Lush Maria O'Reilly Glen Wale Darren Ward Terry Ward Charles Winfield |
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| Cinematography | John Raggett |
| Edited by | Dave Andrews |
| Music by | Dave Andrews |
Production company | Giallo Films |
| Distributed by | 101 Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (December 2024) |
Cast
edit- Nick Rendell as Mitchel
- Christopher Fosh as Chisel
- Victor D. Thorn as Curtis Boswell
- Tina Barnes as Abbi
- Steve Humphrey as Smithy
- Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Hopper
- Peter Rnic as Madock
- Helena Martin as Suzy
- Forbes KB as Noodles
- Pete Morgan as Danny
Release
editThe film was released on DVD on 9 August 2010.[1]
Reception
editJames Oster of Arrow in the Head gave the film a score of 3.5/4 and called it a "surprisingly effective low budget action flick that has a huge hard-on for gore and aggression". Oster praised the "solid" cast, highlighting the performances of Rendell and Barnes.[2] Chris Alexander of Fangoria gave the film a score of 3/4 and stated: "The FX are fantastic, and so much fluid is spilled that I had to take a shower afterwards. Every time a performance starts to grate, or a line of dialogue makes you cringe, something sharp tears into something soft and things get hyper-red."[3] Jeremy Blitz of DVD Talk gave the film a score of 3/5 and opined that it is "quite well done, considering its constraints, and offers up an hour and a half of action, thrills, pathos and redemption, of a sort."[4] The Daily Mirror wrote that the film uses violence "less for gratuitous effect but more to provoke reaction in a public numbed by a never-endingly generic raft of staple thrillers."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "A Day of Violence". Daily Mirror. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Oster, James. "A Day of Violence". Arrow in the Head. Archived from the original on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Alexander, Chris (8 August 2010). ""A DAY OF VIOLENCE" (DVD Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Blitz, Jeremy (8 November 2012). "A Day of Violence". DVD Talk. Retrieved 30 December 2024.