Best Laid Plans
David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny (Stephen Graham) and Joseph (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a giant of a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground cage fights from which Danny can pay his debts.
Synopsis
David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny (Stephen Graham) and Joseph (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a giant of a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground cage fights from which Danny can pay his debts.
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Cast
Directed by David Blair
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Joseph
Stephen Graham
Danny
David O'Hara
Curtis
Lee Ingleby
Deano
Maxine Peake
Isabel
Emma Stansfield
Lisa
Peter Wight
Roger
Brad Moore
Jon
Stuart Wolfenden
Pete
Mark Strange
Vinny
Robert Stone
Doyle
Kieran Hardcastle
Hoody
Robert Shannon
Kane
Sarah Parks
Marianne
Seamus O'Neill
Pub Landlord
Production
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Release
2012
Runtime
108 min
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