| Hell to Pay | |
| Director: | Roberto Gomez Martin |
| Music: | Ryan S. Jones |
| Editing: | Brian Hovmand |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Hell to Pay is a 2005 British film by Roberto Gomez Martin, his directorial debut, about a gangster's life who is from the London East End. It is based on the semi-autobiographical story of Dave Courtney, who plays character of Dave Malone in the film.
Dave Malone (Dave Courtney), a British gangster, is set up by his own brother Larry Malone (Billy Murray) to murder a rival crime boss. Dave avoids the scheme and subsequently the murder charge made against him, whilst planning to eliminate the competition and take over the lucrative London crime trade.[1]
The oil-on-canvas depicting the crucifixion used in the film was painted by real-life East End gangster Ronnie Kray, as it was given to Dave Courtney as a present just before he died in prison.
According to the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, only 18% of over 250 reviewers gave the film a positive review. The websites critics note, "Worst western ever. the acting/script is hilariously bad and the plot plays like a boring history lesson", another critic "I very, very rarely fail to finish a movie, but this is one of them. I got about two-thirds through it, and I just couldn't take it any more...". This review is for a different film of the same name.
On another review aggregator, IMDb, the film received 4.1/10 stars. With almost 300 ratings, 21.7% gave the film 1/10 stars, but 20.3% of reviewers gave the film 10/10 starts. 38.1% of reviewers rated the film above 5 stars, and the other 61.9% rated the film 5 stars or below.
Roberto Gomez Martin is the director of "Hell to Pay". He is a director and actor, born in London, England, in 1969.
He also helped produce the movies "The Monuments Men"(2014), "Sucker Punch"(2008), "God's Acre"(2015), and others.