King of Crime – 2018’s year’s most modern gangster thriller – is out on DVD and Digital VOD today (January 14th), starring Milton Keynes' Jonno Davies.
When Marcus King (Mark Wingett – Quadrophenia, The Bill), Britain’s most notorious cybercriminal, finds himself at the mercy of some extremists, he knows it’s time to settle some old scores, play one of the biggest scams of his life, and defeat the terrorists.
It’s just a question of whether he can manoeuvre his foot soldiers, protect his wife (Claire King – Emmerdale, Bad Girls), and decipher some double-crossing before he’s safe in the land of milk and honey.
Director Matt Gambell praised Linda Dunscombe’s script as “modern crime-thriller, with a love and awareness of the genre” and both helped bring the contemporary story to life with an exceptional cast that included Mark Wingett (Quadrophenia, The Bill), Claire King (Emmerdale, Bad Girls), Vas Blackwood (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Mean Machine), Jonno Davies (Park Theatre’s A Clockwork Orange, Kingsman: The Secret Service), Rachel Bright (Eastenders), Christopher Ellison (The Sweeney, The Bill), Hainsley Lloyd Bennett (Pennyworth, Eastenders) and Nicholas Brendon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Coherence).
Cybercrime and terrorism are some of the most prevalent issues of today, and King Of Crime’s bold look mirrors that modernism.
The film sharply spotlights the topics at hand, and draws you into a world of deception and violence – a fresh voice within a recognisable genre. It does this, in part, with the familiar English aesthetic and that of a sleek style, for a cross-country affair of dangerous, dramatic thrills.
And Milton Keynes residents will recognise some of the scenery too...
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