Small time drug dealer and nice guy, Sirus, gets in deep trouble with some corrupt coppers, a Russian gang, Welsh-Jamaican arms traffickers, and the Afghan mafia over a rumoured shipment of heroin. Hackney’s Finest is a British drugs comedy with an award nominated soundtrack (The Alabama3 among contributors) which premiered at London’s East End Film Festival and was selected for the Comedy Cluj film festival, Romania.
Written by Thorin Seex, directed by Chris Bouchard (‘The Hunt For Gollum‘ and produced in association with Framestore.
Sirus is a Hackney courier controller who likes to make a little extra cash on the side. Asif is an Afghan illegal immigrant trafficking heroin through London for his uncle. Together with some small-time Welsh-Jamaican dealers, they get caught in an elaborate trap set by two police detectives working ‘off the books’ on a private vendetta to take them out using a hired Russian gang.
Enoch Frost (Guardian’s of the Galaxy, Skyfall, Outpost, Shifty), Arin Alldridge (The Bill, The Hunt for Gollum, The Cost of Love) Neerja Naik (Life Goes On, Sold), Malcolm Tomlinson (Emmerdale), Sean Cronin (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Kill Kane) Katarina Gellin (EastEnders, The Inbetweeners Movie), Nathanael Wiseman, Marlon G Day, Rajan Sharma, Christopher Dingli and Jeanette Rourke, with a cameo from popular funnyman, Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me, Bend It Like Beckham, Van Wilder 2, Rita, Sue and Bob, Too!).
