''Sugarhouse'' is a British urban

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directed by

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and starring

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, Ashley Walters,

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and

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. The low-budget thriller is based on the stage play ''Collision''. The film was released on 24 August 2007.

Plot

Tom (

), a

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working employee, finds himself at rock bottom after he loses his job and his girlfriend in the same week. Believing that he has no choice but to end it all, Tom ventures into a derelict squat in East London, in an attempt to purchase a gun from homeless crack addict D ( Ashley Walters). However, D attempts to extort more than the agreed price, in order to pay off his debt to local drug dealer Hoodwink (

), to whom he owes a significant amount of money. However, the gun is not his to sell - it actually belongs to Hoodwink, who will do anything in his power to get it back. Tom's attempts to reason with Hoodwink leave him with more trouble than he bargained for - and trying to buy him off only gets him seriously abused. Despite trying unsuccessfully to shift the blame onto not-so-macho drug dealer Ray (

), Tom and D gradually get to know what makes each other tick - and digress for reasonable life - as they try to find a way out of the situation. However, with Hoodwink still on the warpath, the day soon becomes a

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game of survival for the pair.Sugarhouse Synopsis
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Cast

as Tom * Ashley Walters as D *

as Hoodwink *

as Ray * Tolga Safer as Sef * Ade as Paul * Sharon D. Clarke as Crystal * Steven Robertson as Chris, the pinhead leader *Tracy Whitwell as Tanya, the pregnant girl

Reception

The film was poorly reviewed, with

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giving it a "rotten" 29%, based on 18 critics (as of January 2013).Sugarhouse - Rotten Tomatoes
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External links

* Official website *

References

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