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What Film?

I saw a film either last year or the year before on BBC One and I can't remember what it was called.

It involved a couple of friends who were living rough and in squats etc, one was a rent boy. The other one was approached by men and offered money in exchange for playing a game. He has to avoid being caught by them in order to keep the money.

Any ideas?

Was it an American film or a British film?

Withnail and I? Not that I've ever actually seen it.

What was the film that they redid that Tears for fears song?

Quote: Chappers @ April 10 2013, 9:50 PM BST

Withnail and I? Not that I've ever actually seen it.

It's incredible, the things you've never done...

It sounds like 'The Sootyj And Lee Show'.

Quote: David Bussell @ April 10 2013, 9:58 PM BST

It's incredible, the things you've never done...

Well I'm only 56.

Quote: Chappers @ April 11 2013, 12:24 AM BST

Well I'm only 56.

Kid.

It was a UK film, probably somewhere between 2006-2011

Quote: Oldrocker @ April 10 2013, 11:29 PM BST

It sounds like 'The Sootyj And Lee Show'.

A comedy of errors.

Anyone got any ideas?

It was a game in which two men paid a teenager cash and if he avoided being caught for 24 hours he got to keep the money. If he was caught, he died.

Really struggling to remember

No clue I'm afraid. Have you tried doing a keyword search on imdb? For '24 hours', or 'rent boy' or something that was definitely in the film. Sometimes that works.

Im pretty sure it's Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Quote: zooo @ April 13 2013, 10:36 PM BST

No clue I'm afraid. Have you tried doing a keyword search on imdb? For '24 hours', or 'rent boy' or something that was definitely in the film. Sometimes that works.

Tried it and can't find anything :(

It was one of them late night British film jobs that they stick on, but it was really good.

Basically it has two men who approach the lad and offer him an amount of cash, if he takes the cash he has to agree to play a game. They make it sound easy by telling him all he has to do to keep the cash is to hide for either 24 or 48 hours, if he loses he just has to give the money back.

It turns out that they are planing to hunt him and kill him, following him everywhere. He finds out where one of the men lives and hacks into his computer to find his place of work. When he goes to his friends flat/ squat to hide, he discovers that his friend has also been offered money to trap him.

I am getting desperate :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_films_of_the_2000s ?

Can't you remember anyyyyy of the actors? Or even other things you've seen them in?

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