City Rats

2009 British film

24 April 2009 (2009-04-24)

Running time

94 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

City Rats is a feature film set in London, UK released on 24 April 2009 and starring Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki, Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, MyAnna Buring, James Lance and Natasha Williams and Danny Dyer.

Cast

Tamer Hassan as Jim
Ray Panthaki as Dean
Danny Dyer as Pete
Susan Lynch as Gina
Kenny Doughty as Olly
MyAnna Buring as Sammy
James Lance as Chris
Natasha Williams as Carol
Jake Canuso as Marco Harper
James Doherty as Trevor
Philip Herbert as John the Cowboy
Katrine De Candole as Chloe
Vyelle Croom as Darryl
Emily Bowker as Carla
Mathew Baynton as Barrista

Release

The film premiered as part of the East End Film Festival at the Genesis Cinema Whitechapel on 24 April 2009.^[1] The following Monday it was also released on DVD and Blu-ray, reaching number 6 in the UK DVD charts, as well going on to have a limited run in cinemas.^[2]

Critical reception

Critical reaction to City Rats has been universally negative, with the film being one of a select few to earn a 0% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.^[3]

Music

The score for this film was composed by Mark Maclaine and Julia Johnson from London based post-trip hop band Second Person and includes the track "Paper Umbrella". Other tracks were provided by Spencer Hickson.

References

^ "The East End Film Festival is underway".
^ "City Rats announces UK release date and premiere". Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
^ "City Rats". Rotten Tomatoes.