de-Americanised British 'Action' Movie List
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- DirectorOxide Chun PangStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersSaskia ReevesAlexander RendellA psychologist, an Englishman, a bellboy and a wounded female assassin have their fates crossed at a sleazy Bangkok hotel.
- DirectorSarjit BainsStarsManish PatelDave CourtneyJass BassiBased on the novel The Stone Shiva by Manish Patel, the movie centres on the Holy Smokes crime syndicate and the real-life $6 million Heathrow Airport robbery, involving battles with the Chinese Triads, Jamaican Yardies and the English Firm to see who rules London.
- DirectorChristian JamesStarsJames HeathcoteDan PalmerNicola ConnellTwo best friends, Merv Doody (James Heathcote) and Onkey (Dan Palmer), take a hapless escaped mental patient under their wing and attempt to teach him how to become a real serial killer.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin FreemanAn overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsSean BeanDanny DyerRupert FriendA group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their Police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
- DirectorSteve BarkerStarsRay StevensonJulian WadhamRichard BrakeIn war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there.
- DirectorLisa Barros D'SaGlenn LeyburnStarsRupert GrintRobert SheehanJames NesbittThree teenagers go on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars that quickly spins beyond their control.
- DirectorSteve M KellyStarsTamer HassanRay PanthakiSusan LynchEight lost souls search for solutions to problems ranging from finding a better suicide method, to defeating creative block, to losing their virginity.
- DirectorDaniel BarberStarsMichael CaineEmily MortimerDavid BradleyAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
- DirectorLeander BasannavarMichael TchoubouroffStarsSimon PhillipsDanny DyerAshlie WalkerJack is an undercover cop infiltrating a criminal gang. Things go pear-shaped when Jack's chancer pal does a runner with a box belonging to the boss and ends up in a perilous situation which threatens to explode into disaster.
- DirectorPhil ClaydonStarsPaul McGannJames CordenMyAnna BuringTheir women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsGabriel ByrneCillian MurphyMichael McElhattonA gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
- DirectorMark McQueenStarsDanny DyerCraig FairbrassMyAnna BuringLondon based N-gen tests a performance booster on 30000. A month later, agile zombies plague London, spreading the disease with a bite. One man has 54 hours to find the cure/immune woman.
- DirectorMo AliStarsKedar Williams-StirlingAdam DeaconAshley ThomasAn action film for the youth generation, set in a decaying future London. A gang set out on a chase to avenge the murder of one of their own.
- DirectorIan SharpStarsRay WinstoneNicholas McGoughGareth ReevesAn Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his fugitive, only to learn that he's innocent of the crime. When faced with the life-changing decision to turn him in or set him free only, one man will walk away alive.
- DirectorJoe CornishStarsJohn BoyegaJodie WhittakerAlex EsmailA teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsNeil MaskellMyAnna BuringHarry SimpsonNearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
- DirectorHadi HajaigStarsSean BeanCharlotte RamplingAbhin GaleyaA British secret service agent is faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a British-born suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.
- DirectorDevanand ShanmugamStarsTerence AndersonMarcus BoyeaOliver Cotton24 hours before the Tamil protests outside the Houses of Parliament, Arun (Nav Sidhu) returns home from a long absence, to stop his younger brother Ruthi (Kabelan Verlkumar) from committing a crime that could ruin his life. Arun is granted a day by his mysterious employer, Marcus (Oliver Cotton) to talk Ruthi round. But Arun's friendship with gang leader Karuna (San Shella), threatens to suck him back into the world he left behind. Can Arun forge a life away from his past misdeeds, save his brother from the same fate, and fulfill his obligations to his family, friends and his Tamil roots. Featuring a cast of fresh talent, and the music of M.I.A., Tallulah Rendall, Susheela Raman, Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam, ABD & Sonar Cousins, Gangs of Tooting Broadway is a hard-hitting showcase of a little-known community and unfamiliar subculture; Sri Lankan Tamil Gangs whose infamy to Scotland Yard is such that they have their own task force dedicated to them.
- DirectorEran CreevyStarsJames McAvoyMark StrongAndrea RiseboroughWhen a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
- DirectorEmilis VelyvisStarsVinnie JonesScot WilliamsGil DarnellThree friends try to make money and invite another friend in on a plot.
- DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsGeir Vegar HoelØrjan GamstMartin StarrStill on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.
- DirectorYann DemangeStarsJack O'ConnellSam ReidSean HarrisIn 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
- DirectorJonathan EnglishStarsRoxanne McKeeMichelle FairleyDanny WebbA survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."
- DirectorJonnie MalachiStarsCraig FairbrassJames CosmoEmmett J ScanlanA professional contract killer, haunted by visions of his violent past, spirals out of control. His work compromised as he reaches breaking point, he is forced to defend his family from his ruthless employers.