bowmanblue You probably know Frank Harper from pretty much every British gangster film (he was 'Dog' in Lock Stock). Now, he's taken to writing and directing one of his own. St George's Day tells the story of two London gangsters who lose a shipment of drugs that belong to the Russian Mafia and have to pull off a heist to get the money to pay it back.Yes, it's hardly an inspired plot, but, when you watch it, you'll soon realise that that's the least of its problems. Frank Harper narrates pretty much the whole way through, giving his 'patriotic' thoughts and opinions on the story, plus introducing every character along the way. And there are many. Every other scene has a new gangster who gets his own intro from Frank, most of which are hardly seen again in the film.Unfortunately, St George's Day utilises every cliché in the book. Every line sounds like someone doing a bad impression of what they think a cockney would say. After a while, you start to wonder how quite a talented bunch of actors were ever roped into this film to begin with. I say 'talented actors' as most of them are. However, this doesn't apply to former Page 3 girl turned 'actress' Keeley Hazell. She is truly wooden beyond belief.St George's Day brings nothing new to the genre of gangster films. It's clichéd, boring, overly-long and just bad. One to avoid. Stick with Lock Stock and Snatch.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Mark Mair I've clicked on the spoiler alert because the spoiler is this film is b*ll*x beyond belief. If you're a fan of British gangster moves this film will sadly disappoint. I lost track of the times either dialog or scenes had been shamelessly ripped off from HBOs The Sopranos.Throw in Russian mobsters, missing cocaine, football hooligans and and East End funeral complete with horse drawn hearse and you have all the ingredients for a clichéd script supported by a cast so wooden they're at risk of Dutch Elm disease.The "Nipper Harris" character (Jamie Foreman) is like a cross between Colombo and one of the chuckle brothers. The director should have gone the whole way and dressed him in a pearly king suit and swapped the cigar for jellied eels.I'm amazed that an actor of the quality of Charles Dance got involved with this. Its not as if this was poor execution of a good script with a strong plot-line. There are also some quite bizarre choices for scene settings where the main British protagonists meet their sinister Russian counterparts in a field.This is quite simply one of the worst films I have ever watched, of any genre.

neilrice1984 i joined IMDb just to write this review to tell people not to watch this movie as i saw a couple of positive reviews,all i can say is they must of been friends of the director or his family or maybe him himself - i cant imagine anybody thinking this is a good movie.nevermind straight to DVD,it should of gone straight to TV (and a bad station at that).it was awful! was over narrated and in a dull voice.movies with thin plots normally make up for it with loads of action or sex.this had neither.they cast Keeley Hazel for the gangsters girlfriend who for those of you who don't know is absolutely stunning! but i am afraid she is a terrible actress, again maybe she could of made up for it by getting her kit off, well she doesn't.the overall idea could of been good and thats why i watched it but they just didn't pull it off.

warrenhudson99 If you like the spate of British gangster films or football hooligan films or Essex boy murder type films like the football factory , the business , bonded by blood , rise of the foot soldiers etc etc etc. If you like the usual mob of actors who appear in these films and who now must be able to play these roles in there sleep , This film is for you . I loved it , it had the usual mix of swearing , violence , explosions , sex and even more violence that I have come expected. Not quite as good as rise of the foot soldiers and the other films mentioned earlier , you will still enjoy it and watch it again. I brought DVD and the making of the film feature very good also