Danny Dyer stars in this, the prequel to crime drama Jack Says. Simon Phillips, Stander's David O'Hara and snooker ace Jimmy White are also on board for this British Sin City wannabe
Director: Lee Basannavar, Michael Tchoubouroff
Starring: Danny Dyer, David O'Hara

Danny Dyer stars in this, the prequel to crime drama Jack Says. Simon Phillips, Stander's David O'Hara and snooker ace Jimmy White are also on board for this British Sin City wannabe

It's easy to forget Danny Dyer's amongst the finest actors of his generation. In between his terrible TV series and his less intelligent film choices, this proud son of Canning Town has shown flashes of brilliance in projects as diverse as Borstal Boy and Severance. And even when the pictures aren't so good, the Outlaw star always gives his all.

Jack Said, the prequel to the little-seen 2008 drama Jack Says is another okay film enlivened by a typically spirited Dyer performance. Adapted from a Paul Tanter graphic novel, directors Lee Basannavar and Michael Tchoubouroff use the comic-book origins and the noir-ish subject matter as an excuse to make a movie akin to Robert Rodriguez's Sin City. The problems being that i) Tanter is no Frank Miller; ii) Basannavar and Tchoubouroff can't rival Rodriguez for vision, energy and invention; and iii) £650,000 will never go as far as $40m.
"If you've been waiting for a low-budget British take on Sin City, the film of your dreams is here"