Review of St George's Day

ST GEORGE'S DAY is yet another of those low rent 'mockney' British gangster films that desperately wants to be the next Guy Ritchie movie. A bunch of characters team up to pull a heist but end up falling out, betraying each other, and trying to avoid getting whacked by various crime bosses and ethnic baddies. Literally the only thing this has going for it is the cast, which is a step up from the usual straight-to-video nonsense. Craig Fairbrass is the bullish lead, and there are endless cameos, varying from brief to extended, from familiar faces including Sean Pertwee, Dexter Fletcher, Jamie Foreman, Nick Moran, Charles Dance and Neil Maskell. A pity the script is so predictable and profane and nothing that happens here isn't entirely cliched, but that's par for the course for this genre.