Hard Men

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name = Hard Men


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director = J. K. Amalou
producer = J. K. Amalou Georges Benayoun
writer = J. K. Amalou
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cinematography = Nick Sawyer
editing = Luc Barnier Victoria Boydell
distributor = Entertainment
released = October 28, 1996
runtime = 86 minutes
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language = English
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amg_id = 1:136461~T0
imdb_id = 0119257

"Hard Men" is a British gangster movie, originally shown 28 October 1996 at the London Film Festival. It was released in the cinemas in 1997.

The plot resolves around three friends: Bear, Speed and Tone working as debt collectors on behalf of Pops Den (Mad Frank Fraiser). Tone discovers he has a baby daughter and Pops Den believes this has made him go soft, so he orders Bear and Speed to kill Tone and to deliver his hand at 9am the next day. The story takes you through the fears that Bear and Speed have while trying to think of a way of killing Tone. However, while Bear and Speed keep the assassination under cover and pretend like nothing is going on, Tone knows all along what is going on and a plot thickens of his own. The three friends enjoy the last night together. Forver.

Although the film has received mixed reviews on its original release, it has gone on to achieve a cult status, with comparisons made to "Reservoir Dogs". It was also the inspiration for "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

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*imdb title|0119257