Dead Cert
(2010/Shout! Factory DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: D Extras: C Feature: C+
Freddie
Frankham after years of work have finally built the nightclub of his dreams in
East End London, he has all the girls, booze, drugs, money and gambling. Everything is perfect ...that is until a new
gang comes into the neighborhood and want to buy it out underneath him. The opposing leader Dante 'The Wolf', who
wants Freddie's land and club does not like him very much, but after losing the
club in a bet, Freddie discovers he was cheated by a 500 year-old vampire and
his coven. Human or not, Freddie isn't
going to stand for being muscled out of his turf...
Dead Cert offers tough-as-nails gangster-boss
Freddie and his crew taking on the outside gang. Freddie says the club isn't up for sale, at
any price, but when Dante sweetens the deal with a 300 million pound (British
currency) bet in fight between Freddie's man and his, Freddie just can't pass
up the chance for big money. But
after the fight Freddie's man ends up in the grave and he losses
everything ...that is until Freddie learns Dante and his crew
are actually vampires and his man had no chance of winning at
all... Now Freddie and his crew
wants their club back (as well as some payback) and they ain't taking no for an
answer. Jason Flemyng and Steven Berkoff
lead the cast.
If I could sum this movie up in three words it would be "vampire smack
down". Vampires versus London
gangsters as you can tell from my description; a cunning vampire leader and a fearless
mob boss, both are ruthless men and unafraid of spilling a little blood. But while the vampires are toying with the
humans, they underestimated how angry they made mob. That even a 500 year-old vampire isn't above
the saying "Payback is a bitch."
The picture was weak and the sound very
flat to the point I could not enjoy this as much as I should have, but maybe
the Blu-ray is better in both regards. Extras
include audio commentary, making of Dead Cert and trailer.
- Ricky Chiang
