City Rats

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City Rats
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteve M Kelly
Written bySimon Fantauzzo
Produced byWilliam Borthwick
Dean Fisher
StarringTamer Hassan
Ray Panthaki
Susan Lynch
Kenny Doughty
MyAnna Buring
James Lance
Natasha Williams
Danny Dyer
CinematographyAdam Levins
Edited byBen King
Music byMark Maclaine (The Silence) & Julia Johnson
Distributed byRevolver Entertainment
Release date
  • 24 April 2009 (2009-04-24)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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[edit]

Release[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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