We’ve got to prevent an outbreak of gang warfare whatever the cost! ibid. head rozzer to rozzer
The criminal mind – it’s the dark side of the moon, laddie. ibid. rozzer to junior rozzer
I still can’t believe Katie killed herself. Kidulthood 2006 starring Aml Ameen & Red Madrell & Adam Deacon & Noel Clarke & Jaime Winstone & Femi Oyeniran & Madeleine Fairley & Cornell John & Rafe Spall & Nicholas Hoult, director Menhaj Huda
You’re not a bastard. You’re a cunt. ibid. gal
Didn’t I shave my name into your pussy the other night? That’s attention. Adulthood 2008 starring Noel Clarke & Adam Deacon & Scarlett Alice Johnson & Femi Oyeniran & Red Madrell & Jacob Anderson & Ben Drew & Wil Johnson & Nathan Constance & Adjoa Andoh & Madeleine Fairley et al, director Noel Clarke, kid
What’s it like knowing you’ve killed someone? ibid. bird to geezer
Never fuck with a guy with nothing to lose. ibid. geezer
I don’t want to get involved but I don’t think what happened to your brother was an accident. I found this envelope and it had your name on it. Brotherhood 2016 starring Noel Clarke & Bashy & Olivia Chenery & Steven Cree & David Ajala & Arnold Oceng & Tonia Sotiropoulou & Jason Maza & Stormzy & Aaron Eaton et al, director Noel Clarke, Sam to Henry
I ain’t done with you. I’ll destroy everything you love. ibid. Curtis to Sam
I was a criminal. Presently I’m just unemployed. London Boulevard 2010 starring Colin Farrell & Keira Knightley & Ray& Winstone & Anna Friel & David Thewlis & Ben Chaplin & Eddie Marsan & Sanjeev Bhaskar & Stephen Graham & Gerald Home et al, director William Monahan
I was on a kids’ show. Then I was on Methadone. Then I was a producer. ibid. Jordan to Mitchel
Send me the Somali – the wine geezer. ibid. Rob Gant
You’re a fucking gangsta. You’re part of my Firm. ibid.
Must I do something? Piccadilly Third Stop 1960 starring Terence Morgan & Yoko Tani & Mai Zetterling & William Hartnell & John Crawford & Dennis Price & Ann Lynn & Charles Kay et al, director Wolf Rilla, Serafina
She’s not a bad little scrubber, is she? ibid. Dominic
How fucking cool was he? We were almost ten-handed and he offered us all out. What a pot-house, eh? Millwall Hooligans aka The Firm 2009 starring Calum MacNab & & Paul Anderson & Daniel Mays & Doug Allen & Joe Jackson & Richie Campbell & James Kelly & Tommy Nash & Eddie Webber et al, director Nick Love
We’ll see who’s got the best Firm. ibid.
Some hard nuts operate up there, Jack. They won’t take kindly to someone from London poking his bugle in. I smell trouble, boy. Get Carter 1971 starring Michael Caine & Ian Hendry & John Osborne & Britt Ekland & Bryan Mosley & George Sewell & Tony Beckley & Glynn Edwards & Alun Armstrong et al, director Mike Hodges, gangsta to Jack
Eric: Good God.
Jack: Is He? ibid.
I’m the villain in the family, remember. ibid. Jack
Magistrate: You were a constant truant at school. A failure it seems. You’ve been before the court on numerous occasions … It’s a long depressing list. Are you not ashamed of yourself?
Trevor: No. Made in Britain 1982 starring Tim Roth & Bill Stewart & Geoffrey Hutchings & Terry Richards & Eric Richard & Sean Chapman & Christopher Fulford et al, director, Roth in court
You’re gonna have to step into line. And you gonna have to cooperate. ibid. assessment superintendent
I’ll say what I want to say. ibid. Roth
It’s your fucking world, mate. Not mine. You can stick it up your ass. I don’t want it. ibid.
They lie and they fucking cheat all the way. They just think they’re being honest cause they swallowed the bollocks they’ve been handed. They’ve been conned. ibid.
That’s me – Joe. And that's Piggy. Piggy was an avenger. He fixed what I couldn’t and realigned everything. Piggy 2012 starring Paul Anderson & Martin Compston Ed Skrein & Josh Herdman & Neil Maskell & Louise Dylan & Susan Fordham & Roland Manookian & Ryan Winsley & Nick Donald et al, director Kieron Hawkes, opening commentary
This wasn’t a good job for me. I found it hard being so close to other people. And the more I was around them the less I felt part of their world. ibid.
Joseph, where did you get those clothes? Hummingbird aka Redemption 2013 starring Jason Statham & Agata Buzek & Christian Brassington & Vicky McClure & Benedict Wong & Ger Ryan & Victoria Bewick & Sang Lui & Lillie Buttery & Youssef Kerkour et al, director Steven Knight, Sister Cristina
I’m on the run from a court martial. ibid. Joseph to Sister Cristina
Recently, I find myself attracted to nuns. ibid. Joseph to bird
I didn’t mean to kill him. He wouldn’t let go of the bag. Sitting Target 1972 starring Oliver Reed & Jill St John & Ian McShane & Edward Woodward & Frank Finlay & Freddie Jones & Jill Townsend & Robert Beatty & Tony Beckley & Mike Pratt et al, director Douglas Hickox, Harry to Pat
And I’m the bait tempting him. ibid. Pat to rozzer
Bastard must be made of concrete. ibid. Birdy to Pat
See you at noon tomorrow. Dead Man Running 2009 starring Tamer Hassan & Danny Dyer & Brenda Blethyn & 50 Cent & Monet Mazur & Ashley Walters & Phil Davis & Blake Ritson & Bronson Webb & Alan Ford & Omid Djalil et al, director Alex de Rakoff, Nick
Word on the streets – you is a dead man running. ibid. West Indian dude
I was just trying to get you into bed, Lauren, which was a waste of time. We Still Kill the Old Way 2014 starring Ian Ogilvy & Alison Doody & Danny Boy Hatchard & Chris Ellison & Lysette Anthony & Tony Denham & Red Madrell & Nicky Henson & Stephen Berkoff & Danni Dyer & Adele Silva & James Cosmo et al, director Sacha Bennett
They’re just like cockroaches … They’re trying to destroy us, aren’t they? Our community. Our way of life. ibid.
We tried to dig the fucker up so I could shoot him again. ibid.
The Metropolitan police ordered gangland killings – that’s the real headline, isn’t it? (GBH Films & Police & Gangs UK: London) ibid.
I thought this is who we are – what we do … Old-age pensioners living in our manor getting all their life savings nicked off them – bankers. And I was thinking maybe we should teach them bankers a lesson. No, I want to really hurt them. ibid.
I don’t want to be doing this – cuttin’ up bitches and shit. But this is my square. My fuckin’ square. The Guvnors 2014 starring Tom Davis & David Essex & Charley Palmer Rothwell & Melanie Gutteridge & Martin Hancock & Vas Blackwood & Doug Allen & Susan Fordham & Jay Simpson et al, director Gabe Turner, baddie
I’m looking for a bunch of old fuckers who like to call themselves the Guvnors. ibid.
London in the 1960s: everyone had a story about the Krays … They were brothers but bound by more than blood. They were twins as well. Counterparts. Gangster princes of the city they meant to conquer. Legend 2015 starring Tom Hardy & Emily Browning & Christopher Eccleston & Dave Thewlis & Taron Egerton & Chaz Palminteri & Paul Bettany & Colin Morgan & Tara Fitzgerald & Paul Anderson et al, director Brian Helgeland
Eastenders: they won’t talk to a policeman but they’ll kiss a gangster. ibid. Slipper
The Krays’ main rivals were the Richardson gang of south London. ibid. Frances
London was an open city and the Krays moved in. ibid.
He enjoyed being a gangster after all. ibid.
Listen to yourself, Ron. You’re fucking nuts. ibid. Reg
Four men. Four men each from a different walk of life – a clerk, an airman, prize fighter and a gentleman of leisure. A few weeks ago they were strangers; now here they are driving together … The Good Die Young 1954 starring Laurence Harvey & Gloria Grahame & Richard Basehart & Joan Collins & John Ireland & Rene Ray & Stanley Baxter & Margaret Leighton & Robert Morley & Freda Jackson & James Kenney & Susan Shaw & Lee Patterson et al, director Lewis Gilbert, opening commentary