The Story: Writer/director Nick Love's follow-up to The Football Factory is another movie set in the world of homoerotic tough guys. Danny Dyer also returns for this compelling crime drama, set on the Costa Del Sol (aka Costa Del Crime) during the area's 80s heyday for Brit gangsters. The movie also features strong performances from Tamer Hassan (Layer Cake) and Geoff Bell (Mean Machine), while Georgina Chapman gets her big break as the posh totty.
UK Box Office: £1.144 million (as at 11th September 2005)
Useless Fact: Despite the film's impressive, sun-soaked look, it was actually shot on High-Def for a budget of £1.8 million.

VIDEO...

  WATCH: Director Nick Love on managing The Business (contains some strong language)

  WATCH: Danny Dyer discusses the making of The Business

  WATCH: Tamer Hassan on playing a playboy-gone-bad in The Business

  WATCH: Danny Dyer on his experiences in Hollywood (contains strong language)

  WATCH: Tamer Hassan on his future plans - is the world ready for a Turkish James Bond?

  WATCH: The Business trailer (contains some strong language)

THE REVIEWS...

"In all, it's an impressive take on a familiar genre" (4/5)

"Slick, smart and stylish, it's more fun than a pina colada pool party" (4/5)

"Just when you thought geezerish British gangster movies had fizzled out...this one pops up all guns blazing" (4/5)

"Performances are good, particularly from the lesser prominent actors, and at the centre the film has something of a modern morality about it"

"An altogether more rewarding affair than Football Factory - a parable of Thatcherism turned sour and the flipside of celebrity" (3/5)

"Amidst all the violence, xxx-rated language and gun play, there's plenty of dry humour and charm to be found"

"Despite a predictable storyline, the actors acquit themselves well, delivering a torrent of bad language and witticisms with skill and relish"

"This Costa del Crime drama is engaging, even though it lacks a single likeable character and is packed with clichés" (2.5/5)

"Bravura filmmaking and an involving if familiar crime saga are compromised by a dependence on flash surface thrills"

"Far too much time is spent getting the 80s right that not enough is saved for the story" (2/5)

"Nick Love's latest simply isn't distinctive enough to make an impression in a very overcrowded field" (2/5)

"The newest gangland Britflick lacks the sophistication of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" (1.5/5)

"Nick Love's new film turns out to be just one more clichéd, naive and dubiously celebratory parade of lairy geezers" (1/5)

WEB WATCH...

The Business
Official site

Casual Dress Essential
The Business article

"I wrote it in a flat in Marbella"
Nick Love interview

"I wanted to be a bad seed"
Nick Love interview

"I went home and blubbed my heart out"
Danny Dyer interview

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