''City Rats'' is a feature film set in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, UK released on 24 April 2009 and starring
Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan (born 18 March 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as the leader of the Millwall firm, opposite Danny Dyer, in '' The Football Factory''. Hassan has also appeared in ''Batman Begins'', Declan O'Brien's '' Wrong ...
, Ray Panthaki,
Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch (born 5 June 1971) is a Northern Irish actress. three-times an IFTA Award winner, she also won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2003 film '' 16 Years of Alcohol''. Her other film appearances i ...
,
Kenny Doughty
Kenny Doughty is an English actor and director, best known for playing DS Aiden Healy on ITV's Crime Drama ''Vera.''
Early life
Doughty was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He attended Charter School, which became the Kingstone School on Br ...
,
MyAnna Buring
MyAnna Buring (; born 22 September 1979 as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää) is a Swedish actress, known for her roles in '' The Descent'', '' Kill List'', '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'' and ''Part 2'', '' Ripper Street'', '' The W ...
,
James Lance
James Frederick Grenville Lance (born 29 September 1974) is an English actor, best known for his appearances in a number of British comedy series and the British-American comedy series ''Ted Lasso'' for which he was nominated for a Primetime E ...
and
Natasha Williams and
Danny Dyer
Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in '' Human Traffic'', with other notable roles as Mick Carter in EastEnders, Billy the Limpet in '' Mean Machine'' and as Tommy John ...
.
Cast
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Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan (born 18 March 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as the leader of the Millwall firm, opposite Danny Dyer, in '' The Football Factory''. Hassan has also appeared in ''Batman Begins'', Declan O'Brien's '' Wrong ...
as Jim
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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 ...
as Dean
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Danny Dyer
Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in '' Human Traffic'', with other notable roles as Mick Carter in EastEnders, Billy the Limpet in '' Mean Machine'' and as Tommy John ...
as Pete
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Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch (born 5 June 1971) is a Northern Irish actress. three-times an IFTA Award winner, she also won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2003 film '' 16 Years of Alcohol''. Her other film appearances i ...
as Gina
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Kenny Doughty
Kenny Doughty is an English actor and director, best known for playing DS Aiden Healy on ITV's Crime Drama ''Vera.''
Early life
Doughty was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He attended Charter School, which became the Kingstone School on Br ...
as Olly
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MyAnna Buring
MyAnna Buring (; born 22 September 1979 as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää) is a Swedish actress, known for her roles in '' The Descent'', '' Kill List'', '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'' and ''Part 2'', '' Ripper Street'', '' The W ...
as Sammy
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James Lance
James Frederick Grenville Lance (born 29 September 1974) is an English actor, best known for his appearances in a number of British comedy series and the British-American comedy series ''Ted Lasso'' for which he was nominated for a Primetime E ...
as Chris
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Natasha Williams as Carol
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Jake Canuso
Jake Canuso is a Swiss actor, who is known for his role in the ITV comedy series ''Benidorm'', in which he played the Solana barman Mateo Castellanos from 2007 until 2018.
He also played Tony Peroni in the TV comedy series ''Scarborough'' alo ...
as Marco Harper
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James Doherty as Trevor
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Philip Herbert as John the Cowboy
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Katrine De Candole as Chloe
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Vyelle Croom as Darryl
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Emily Bowker as Carla
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Mathew Baynton
Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician best known as a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe in which he starred in the TV series ''Horrible Histories''; as well as an ac ...
as Barrista
Release
The film premiered as part of the East End Film Festival at the Genesis Cinema Whitechapel on 24 April 2009. The following Monday it was also released on
DVD
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and
Blu-ray
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, reaching number 6 in the UK DVD charts, as well going on to have a limited run in cinemas.
Critical reception
Critical reaction to ''City Rats'' has been universally negative, with the film being one of a select few to earn a 0% rating at
Rotten Tomatoes
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.
Music
The score for this film was composed by
Mark Maclaine
Mark Maclaine (sometimes known as The Silence) is a British educator, director, music producer, founder of Tutorfair and writer. He is best known for his work as the bass guitarist and producer for the post trip-hop band Second Person. He wa ...
and
Julia Johnson from
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
based
post-trip hop
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band
Second Person and includes the track "Paper Umbrella". Other tracks were provided by Spencer Hickson.
References
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2009 films
British drama films
2009 drama films
2009 directorial debut films
2000s English-language films
2000s British films
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