Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

108 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Feb. 3, 2012

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.

Best Laid Plans

108 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Feb. 3, 2012

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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Made Up North Productions
Original title Best Laid Plans
Directors David Blair
Writers Jeremy Sheldon, Chris Green

Cast

Stephen Graham

as Danny

David O'Hara

as Curtis

Lee Ingleby

as Deano

Maxine Peake

as Isabel

Emma Stansfield

as Lisa

Peter Wight

as Roger

Brad Moore

as Jon

Mark Strange

as Vinny

Robert Stone

as Doyle

Robert Shannon

as Kane

Sarah Parks

as Marianne

Seamus O'Neill

as Pub Landlord