Jamie Gunn is said to have had spiralling alcohol and drug problems over the next 12 months with and died in August 2004.Ĭolin Gunn swore revenge on O’Brien, who was later sentenced to 18 years in prison. He missed, and the driver, an innocent acquaintance of Gunn’s called Marvyn Bradshaw, was shot and killed. O’Brien was refused entry to the Sporting Chance and returned with a shotgun and tried to kill Jamie Gunn. He was the intended target of Michael O’Brien, a convicted criminal who had been slashed in the face while in prison in 2001 in a case of postcode gang wars. Violence reached a crescendo in August 2003 when Colin’s nephew, Jamie Gunn, then 19, was the passenger in a car heading home from a shift as a bouncer at the Sporting Chance pub in Nottingham, a stronghold for the Gunn crew. The criminal brothers viewed themselves as protectors of their turf, seeing themselves somewhat as a hybrid of Robin Hood and the Kray twins. He offered businesses protection in exchange for money and, if people refused to pay, their windows would be shot in or destroyed with bricks. However, after crime boss Colin Gunn was jailed in 2007, the city has been on an upward trajectory, ridding itself of its violent reputation.Ĭolin Gunn, with his brother David, ran the Bestwood Cartel, which specialised in cheque fraud, extortion, drug dealing and violence and ruled many Nottingham suburbs with an iron fist. That macabre nickname emerged following shootings, neighbourhood gang violence and organised crime two decades ago. Three violent deaths have brought back painful memories of the “Shottingham” era for residents. The East Midlands city awoke to find six areas cordoned off by police, vast numbers of officers on the streets and reports of stabbings and murder. Mother is definitely recommended stuff, especially if you're a Bong Joon-Ho fan as he delivers yet another powerful film that will leave plenty of post-screening discussion.Not since the dark heyday of the notorious Gunn family has Nottingham been gripped by a crime in the way it was on Tuesday. It's not the first time Do-Joon got himself into a fix, given the strange mannerisms he's been taught to try and jog his memory, and Won Bin showcases his acting chops as the dim-witted boy whose disability gets frequently exploited, coming off as endearing at times, so much so that you're quick to judge and side with him as a victim of circumstances, being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Her single mom, with so much affection for her son, just dazzles and makes it convincing that she's been that single pillar of strength and shelter for her son when he gets up to shenanigans brought about by no good company of his. And kudos of course must go to actress Kim Hye-Ja, who almost single-handedly carried the film on her own, since Won Bin disappears mid-way through. Bong Joon-Ho is again at his element in unravelling the investigations process, which ties in black comedy with painful, dramatic moments, being evenly paced with heightened tension at appropriate moments. It's the classic mantra of two wrongs never making one right, and how in the protection of loved ones, one will resort to extreme measures that blind common, good sense, and become a "rather you than me" syndrome, which I believe every one of us are capable of if we find ourselves pushed to a corner with no where to run. I particularly enjoyed the epilogue, which ties in with the inexplicable opening credits which made more sense once you've come full circle at the end. It's a standard three act structure here where the first hour establishes the strong family bonds between Mother (Kim Hye-Ja) and child Yoon Do-Joon (Won Bin), bordering quite close to being incestuous (but this is glossed over since we're dealing with a man-child here), before they key murder scene beocmes the catalyst for Mother to do some serious investigations work in order to prove her son's innocence, given that the perverted justice system provided that bad after-taste. If you're familiar with Bong Joon-ho's works, then Mother comes without surprise at how he deftly weaves a story about mother's love into a mystery thriller that will keep you guessing every step of the way, with enough emotional firepower to twist a knot in your stomach when the truth gets played out.
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