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57% Critic Match
New Town Killers
“A game. A hunt. A kill.”
5.7 / 10• 2008• 1h 37m•NR• English
ThrillerDrama
Storyline
Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash.
Cast & Crew
Dougray Scott
Alistair Raskolnikov
Lead
Alastair Mackenzie
Jamie Stewart
James Anthony Pearson
Sean Macdonald
Liz White
Alice Kelly
Charles Mnene
Sam
Shelley Conn
Julie Stewart
Karen Gillan
Young Girl at Bus Station
Kim Chapman
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Jobson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. New Town Killers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
