Outlaw (2007 film)

Outlaw is a 2007 actioncrimedrama film written and directed by British filmmaker Nick Love. Outlaw stars Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins, Lennie James, Rupert Friend and Sean Harris.

The film begins by exploring stories involving a number of different characters who live in and around London, all of whom have experiences which lead them to believe that justice in the country is not being handed out fairly. These characters include nice guy whitecollar worker Gene Dekker Danny Dyer, who is brutally beaten by yobs without any reason on the way to his wedding. Danny Bryant Sean Bean is a paratrooper who has seen action in the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq and who arrives back from abroad to find his wife with someone else, and also believes that the state of the country is worse than the wartorn places he has recently served in. Crown Court prosecution barrister Cedric Munroe Lennie James receives death threats towards his pregnant wife, being told they will only be safe if he pulls out of the case against club owner and heroin dealer Terry Manning Rob Fry, a boss of the criminal underworld, who Munroe is currently prosecuting. Cambridge University student Sandy Mardell Rupert Friend and son of Bryants former commanding officer has only recently left hospital, though the thugs who scarred him for life in an unprovoked physical attack were released from prison before he had made his recovery.Through the help of jingoistic hotel security guard and former football hooligan Simon Hillier Sean Harris, who has a connection to all the men in one form or another, the men are united Munroe had previously defended him in court, Dekker had gone to school with him, and Bryant stays in the hotel where he works. The men form a vigilante gang, targeting individuals who they determine to be a threat to society. Information on said targets is provided to them by Munroes police contact Walter Lewis Bob Hoskins, one of the few police officers who is not corrupt and who has been demoted to work behind a desk by his superiors. The men work through targets associated with Manning, whose men went ahead with their threat against Munroes pregnant wife, killing her and

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