Brighton Rock (2010)

Directed by

Rowan Joffé

Genre

drama film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

16

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 115 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young gangster named Pinkie tries to maintain his grip on a small-time criminal empire in 1960s Brighton. He becomes entangled with a waitress who might know too much about a murder.

tensebleakslow-burnnoirishatmosphericmenacingmelancholicvisually gritty

What happens

Brighton Rock is a 2010 British crime film written and directed by Rowan Joffé and loosely based on Graham Greene's 1938 novel of the same name. The film stars Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, John Hurt, Sean Harris and Helen Mirren. The novel had previously been made into a film under the same title by the Boulting brothers that premiered in 1948. Although the novel and original film are both set in the 1930s, the 21st-century adaptation is set during the Mods and Rockers era of the 1960s. Sam Riley plays "Pinkie", the role originally played by Richard Attenborough. Filming began in October 2009. It was largely filmed in the nearby town of Eastbourne, with Eastbourne Pier standing in for Brighton Pier, and at Beachy Head. Some scenes were shot at Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire and in Brighton itself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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