24-7 Movie Review 1997

Title is local Midlands English slang for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And in this case it refers to the boredom suffered by the aimless, unemployed youth who live in the local housing estates in Thatcher's depressed '80s England. Middle-aged ex-boxer Alan Darcy (Hoskins in a sincere and sweet performance) decides to help the lads by reviving the amateur boxing club which saved him in his youth. Although it seems to work for a time, things slide downward as, eventually, does the distraught Darcy himself. Meadows' feature directorial debut.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Boxing, Teen Angst, Drug Use & Abuse, On the Rocks, Funerals, Period Piece: 1980s

Screenplay

Shane Meadows, Paul Fraser

Cast

Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Mat Hand, Jimmy Hynd, Justin Brady, Karl Collins, Johann Myers, Anthony Clarke, Bruce Jones, Frank Harper, Pamela Cundell

Cinematography

Ashley Rowe

Director

Shane Meadows

Music

Neil MacColl, Boo Hewerdine

Producer

Imogen West, Stephen Woolley, Nik Powell, George Faber, David H. Thompson, BBC Films, Scala Productions, October Films