''Convenience'' is a 2013 British

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

film about two friends who, needing to pay a debt they cannot afford, try to rob a

petrol station A filling station, also known as a gas station () or petrol station (), is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel. Gasoline ...

and end up posing as clerks for the night. The film was written by Simon Fantauzzo and directed by Keri Collins.

Cast

Ray Panthaki Ray Panthaki (; born 20 January 1979) is a British actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Early life Panthaki was born in London to second-generation Indian parents. His parents belong to India's Parsi minority community. Career Panthaki i ...

as Ajay *

Adeel Akhtar Adeel Akhtar (born 18 September 1980) is a British actor. In 2017, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role in '' Murdered by My Father''. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role ...

as Shaan *

Vicky McClure Victoria Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is an English actress, model and presenter. She is known for her roles as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the BBC series '' Line of Duty'' (2012–present) and Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows' film ''This ...

as Levi *

Anthony Head Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954) is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, w ...

as Barry *Jenny Bede as Debbie * James Bradshaw as Clive *

Daniel Caltagirone Daniel Caltagirone (born 18 June 1972) is an English actor, best known for his roles in ''The Beach (film), The Beach'', ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'', and the Oscar-winning film ''The Pianist (2002 film), The Pianist''. His brea ...

as Tommy *Margaret Jackman as Mavis *

Verne Troyer Verne Jay Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an American actor, comedian, YouTuber, and stunt performer. He was best known for his role of Mini-Me in the ''Austin Powers'' film series. He had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was ...

as Dwight *Tom Bell as Stoner 1 *

Tony Way Tony Paul Way (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for playing characters in a number of British comedy TV series including '' Extras'', '' After Life'', ''Black Books'' and ''Bang, Bang, It's Reeve ...

as Stoner 2

Production

The film was shot in a petrol garage located in

Gorseinon Gorseinon is a town within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swa ...

, South Wales.

Critical reception

''Convenience'' attracted a positive response from audiences and critics alike. Leslie Felperin, writing for

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

, called the film a "fun-fuelled comedy caper" with "good, genuinely funny dialogue". Felperin praised the "likable, tightly synchronised cast". Nev Pierce, for

Empire Online ''Empire'' is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. The first issue was published in May 1989. History David Hepworth of Emap, the publisher of British music magazines '' Q'' and '' Smash Hits'', among other tit ...

called the film "very funny ..simple, but strong". Louie Freeman-Bassett, for Gorilla Film Online felt ''Convenience'' would have been better produced as a fifty-minute play, but singled Adeel Akhtar's performance as the film's best.

References

External links

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