Before you can say “permed legwarmers” he has joined them in a junkyard rumble against those who would seek to steal the family dishonour Cindy has revealed hidden, less sweet depths by mowing down the policeman about to arrest him and love’s young recidivist dream is hightailing it to the Costa del Crime to stay with Uncle Tony (Dougray Scott) until the fuss blows over. Alas for Gene Lord (Jack Rowan), the baby and white sheep of the family trying to distance himself from their dealings, things come to a head just as he is making a rare visit home to introduce his sweet fiancee Cindy (Tahirah Sharif) to the clan. There are Peckham pretenders to the throne on the rise. The Lord family once ruled south-east London with a rod of any-old-iron but, like the Wimpy, their domination is coming to an end. Nothing is the 20 years ago you think it was any more. She’s great and everything, but I thought you ought to know. Anyone old enough to remember the 1980s is likely to feel just a little bit fatigued at being so edited at, but that’s the youth of today for you.Ī further note, before we move on, to anyone else d’un certain age – Martha Plimpton, of Goonies, River Phoenix’s girlfriend and Parenthood fame, plays the family matriarch, Mint Ma, and is no longer 17. And titles for big set pieces (The Battle of Bermondsey, The Battle of Escobells).
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