Vinnie Jones takes his crazy gang stateside – and bar a fun turn from Malcolm McDowell the result is not a pretty sight
Although technically an “eastern” rather than a western – it unfolds in the lush hills and shady honkytonks of West
Virginia – this macho, contemporary-set crime thriller feels like something that got cooked up after a bender guzzling a Sam Peckinpah box set. Maybe chased with a few
British gangster pics like Get Carter and The Long Good Friday. Indeed, it plays like several plots, genres and mood boards all mashed together, which makes the end result interesting but not entirely successful.