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The Business Film Overview and Details

May 9, 2025

The Business (Film)

Overview

  • Title: The Business
  • Genre: Crime Film
  • Director: Nick Love
  • Screenwriter: Nick Love
  • Producers: Allan Niblo, James Richardson
  • Release Date: 2 September 2005
  • Running Time: 97 minutes
  • Production Companies: Vertigo Films, Monkey Productions S.L., Powder Films
  • Distribution: Pathe Distribution
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Countries: United Kingdom, Spain

Plot Summary

  • Setting: Costa del Sol, Spain; South East London during the 1980s
  • Main Character: Frankie, a young Cockney aspiring for a better life.
  • Plot
    • Frankie flees to Spain after attacking his mother’s abusive boyfriend.
    • Works for "Playboy Charlie", a fugitive nightclub owner.
    • Engages in drug smuggling and criminal activities with the "Peckham Four".
    • Involvement in cannabis and later cocaine trade.
    • Leads to downfall caused by greed, addiction, and betrayal.
    • The film shows the rise and fall of Frankie’s criminal career.
  • Ending: Frankie thwarts betrayal and escapes, while associates face various fates.

Characters

  • Danny Dyer as Frankie
  • Tamer Hassan as Charlie
  • Geoff Bell as Sammy
  • Georgina Chapman as Carly
  • Linda Henry as Shirley
  • Roland Manookian as Sonny
  • Camille Coduri as Nora
  • Michael Maxwell as Jimmy
  • Arturo Venegas as The Mayor
  • Eddie Webber as Ronnie
  • Martin Marquez as Pepe

Music

  • Original score by Ivor Guest.
  • Soundtrack includes 1980s hits such as:
    • "Planet Earth" by Duran Duran
    • "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
    • "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls
    • Plus songs by Blondie, Simple Minds, The Buggles, and others.

Reception

  • Awards: Nominated for Best Achievement in Production at the 2005 British Independent Film Award.
  • Reviews: Mixed to negative critical reception.
    • Positive reviews from "lads' mags" like Front Magazine, Nuts magazine, and Zoo magazine.
    • Holds a 57% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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