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Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire
UK 2024
produced by Rohit Nathaniel, Sandra Nathaniel (executive) for Seraphim Film Productions
directed by Michael Head
starring Michael Head, Frank Harper, Maisie Smith, Daniel O'Reilly, Charlie Clapham, Adam Deacon, Vas Blackwood, David Schaal, Khali Best, Linda Robson, Charlotte Kirk, Alexandra Kate, Vicki Michelle, Gary Webster, Rohit Nathaniel, Thomas Skinner, John Hannah, Alan Ford, James Loughnane, Chris Sheen, Dean Kilbey, Billy Herring, Chas Symonds, Josh Horrocks, Hazel Young, Heaven-Leigh Spence, Kwok One, Chelsea Li, Sarah Day, Aaron Kesby, Jennifer Moxham, Shannon Yuen, Matti Novick, Emma Nathaniel, Jade Bovingdon, James Goodman, Kieran O'Connor, Eddie Boxshall, Jake Cornish, Joe Greenslade, Clare McNamara, Charlie Parris, Sophie Rankin, Debbie Jones, Rob Hisse, Taner Hassan, Bill Rolfe, Lee Baker, Jason Paul Paterson, Sophia Skydan Paterson, Stewart Judd, Oli Regan, Doga Celik, Davy Eduard King, Stuart Daubney, Mark Gallagher, Gavin Sanctis, Danny Hodgson, Stuart Collard, Carl Shepherd, David Baldwin, Nicki Bull, George Wegener, Luke-Anakin Dumble, Ficklelily Bel Burdis, Sumit Selli, Mark Holford
written by Michael Head, music by Leah Tatjana
review by Mike Haberfelner
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When he was little (and played by Matti Novick), Henry had to witness
his father, gentleman robber George (Frank Harper), shot dead by his best
friend Mick (Gary Webster). But Mick had the decency to take the boy in
and raise him as one of his own - which isn't necessarily a good thing as
Mick's the head of the Roman crime family.
Now, Henry's (as an adult played by Michael Head) a bit of the trouble
child of the Roman family, to the point where he nicks quite a bit of the
family money and goes into hiding. Of course, it's not as if any of the
Romans were exactly saints, Mick's real son Jimmy (Charlie Clapham) is an
incorrigible womanizer despite having a beautiful wife (Alexandra Kate) at
home, Mick's brother Charlie (David Schaal) has driven his wife to
suicide, and Charlie's daughter Chloe (Maisie Smith) hates her father for
it and has thus turned to substance abuse. And then out of the blue, one
year after his disappearance, Henry pops up again to make his family a
fair business proposition. Nobody trusts him of course, but the sound of
some easy money just rings too good in the Romans' ears. Thing is, Henry
has set his eyes on a prize much bigger than a healthy payday, but some of
the Roman family might stand in his way for that ...
Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire is rather
epic in scope, and instead of telling its story stringently it time and
again loses itself in subplots only vaguely connected to the main
storyline - but the film works quite well using this kind of narrative
approach, for one because the film's quite light-footed in both script and
direction, and the little segments themselves are mostly really
entertaining, often pretty funny without ever crossing over to the moronic
side of things. And that the movie's populated by well fleshed out
characters portrayed by a very solid ensemble cast sure helps making this
really good gangster cinema.
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