Offender

Offender es una película de acción británica de 2012 que sigue a un hombre de clase trabajadora de 20 años que trabaja duro, Tommy Nix, quien mientras evita mezclarse con la gente equivocada ve a su novia convertirse en víctima de un ataque brutal. Protagonizada por Kimberley Nixon, Joe Cole, Shaun Dooley y Vas Blackwood. Está escrita por Paul Van Carter y dirigida por Ron Scalpello. Cast Kimberley Nixon as Elise Shaun Dooley as Nash Joe Cole as Tommy English Frank as Jake Tyson Oba as Mason G FrSH as Angelface Daniel Kendrick as Sicko Scorcher as Essay Malachi Kirby as Harry David Ajala as Kelvin Ruth Gemmell as Cassie Mark Harris as Governor Davies Jacob Anderson as Patrick Vas Blackwood as Detective Boaz Doon Mackichan as the Doctor Patricia Can Somer as the Muslim Inmate Michael Edwards as Prison Officer Rimmel Daniel as Prison inmate Ric Ashley Smith as Pillion Mic Righteous as himself Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics, with a 68% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Empire magazine and Total Film both rated it 3/5, with Empire Magazine stating it was "a solid revenge thriller in which Cole excels" The Guardian gave it one star, stating "the plot and characters are lame and implausible, the dialogue is banal and the acting mediocre". Time Out claimed the film "feels less Scum and more like the back-story of one of Guy Ritchie’s knuckle-headed footsoldiers." The film received a 4/5 rating from Heat magazine stating "this bloody borstal drama makes quiet political points alongside a powerful revenge storyline" and a 4/5 rating from Sky Movies calling it an "admirably crafted a compelling drama" and likening it to French prison film A Prophet and Alan Clarke's 1979 film Scum.