| Vendetta | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Stephen Reynolds |
| Written by | Stephen Reynolds |
| Produced by | Jonathan Sothcott Damien Morley |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Haider Zafar |
| Music by | Phil Mountford |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £5,132 [1] |
Vendetta is a 2013 British action thriller film written and directed by Stephen Reynolds and starring Roxanne McKee, Danny Dyer, Vincent Regan, and Bruce Payne.
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while avoiding being found by his old unit and the cops. [2] With the help of friends PC Griffin and Freddy, he tracks down each gang member and conducts on each a different form of brutal torture.
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