Twin Town


Twin Town is a 1997 British crime film filmed and set in Swansea, Wales. It was directed by Kevin Allen and had a working title of Hot Dog a hot dog van features in a number of scenes in the film. It stars reallife brothers Rhys Ifans in his first major movie role and Llr Ifans along with Dougray Scott. The director appears on screen, briefly seen as a show host on a TV set in the static caravan home of the twins while cowriter Paul Durden briefly appears as a rude taxi driver.

Their father Fatty Lewis, falls from a ladder while doing roofing work for Bryn Cartwright, a wealthy, prominent local businessman and smalltime gangster. Laying blame, the twins attempt to demand compensation for the accident. Bryn claims it was a cash arrangement with no legal representation and refuses the request for compensation. The twins take this personally and seek revenge by gatecrashing and ruining a local karaoke competition in which Bryns daughter, beautiful Bonny is singing, by appearing from back stage and urinating on her during the performance in Barons Night Club Swansea. Bryn vows to get even and acquires the help of his associates Greyo and Terry two corrupt police detectives, to assist him getting revenge on the twins. After several efforts to disrupt their way of life, Bryn appears to succeed by having one of the detectives to assist him in beating up the twins down a back street.As retaliation continues, the feud spirals out of control, progressing with the twins breaking into Bryns property and beheading the Cartwrights pet poodle. Terry Walsh responds by setting fire to the Lewis dogs kennel with their pet inside. However, an adjacent gas bottle explodes, destroying the Lewises mobile home and killing the twins family. Clearly upset, the twins make arrangements with the local male voice choir and steal their fathers hearse at his funeral. Terry meanwhile, much to Greyos distress, accuses Fattys coworkers Dai and Chip of destroying the caravan by placing items from the scene of the crime in their builders van. The twins soon come down from the hills where they have been hiding out and go after Bryn, breaking into his house again and tying him up with washing line rigged to his own electric garage door. The twins ask to borrow Bryns boat to which he agrees, with the hope of the twins letting him go unhurt. The twins disappear leaving Bryn tied up and at the brink of asphyxiation in his own garage. Upon arrival of Lucy later that evening, she

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