2000 – Gangster No. 1

Andrew as Maxie King

Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Written by: Johnny Ferguson (screenplay adaptation), Louis Mellis (original screenplay)
Produced by: Norma Heyman
Production year: 1999
Original release: June 14, 2002 (USA)
Running time: 1 hour, 43 minutes
Other cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
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The time is now. The scene is a ringside table at a boxing match, held at a deluxe London hotel. At the head of the table sits Gangster (Malcolm McDowell), the undisputed king of London’s gangland. Life couldn’t be sweeter, until Gangster learns that Freddie Mays is being released from prison. Freddie Mays, his old boss and mentor, is coming out after doing 30 years for murder. Hearing Freddie Mays’ name, even after all these years, stirs up a frightening well of emotions in Gangster…