Hiding out in a Brixton squat Johnny Doyle (Vinnie Jones) is trying to escape his past and is working to fit into the easy going groove inhabited by upstairs neighbour Ras (Lennox Lewis) a Rasterfarian DJ and friend who works in the local market. But things go wrong when an acquaintance from the past (Patrick Bergin) arrives in town demanding Johnny�s help, and they go from bad to worse when he gets involved with Jamaican gangster Julius (Eriq La Salle) and his beautiful but troubled girlfriend Rita (Samantha Mumba).

The first time they speak, Johnny tells Rita: �You don�t look Irish,� to which she replies �You don�t sound Irish�. It�s a nice exchange from screenwriter Brendan Foley, but Rita�s got a point and Johnny�s explanation that the Irish accent was beaten out of him at school � this is Vinnie Jones we�re talking about � just doesn�t convince. Unfortunately, nor does much of the IRA back-story which is fuzzy and unlikely at best. If you can put plausibility aside, and it�s a big if, then you might enjoy director Mark Hammond�s fast-paced, reggae soundtracked crime story, but many will be left cold by the violent conclusion. Jones leads a frankly bizarre cast with a respectable if inconsistent performance but what Eriq La Salle is doing here as a wannabe yardie who�s really from Croydon is anyone�s guess.