| Essex Boys | |
| Director: | Terry Winsor |
| Producer: | Jeff Pope |
| Cinematography: | John Daly |
| Editing: | Edward Mansell |
| Music: | Colin Towns |
| Studio: | Granada Film |
| Distributor: | Pathé Distribution |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Essex Boys is a 2000 British crime film. It was directed by Terry Winsor and stars Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Tom Wilkinson, Charlie Creed-Miles and Holly Davidson.
The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the Rettendon murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK.
The film was shot on location around Essex. In particular Southend on Sea, Jaywick in Clacton and the Dartford Crossing, where the gang travels from Kent to Essex.[1]
The film met with generally negative critical reviews, maintaining a 17% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based on six reviews.[2]
It opened on 54 screens in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2000 and grossed £111,548 in its opening weekend, finishing ninth at the UK box office.[3]
The films Rise of the Footsoldier (2007), Bonded by Blood (2010), The Fall of the Essex Boys (2013) Essex Boys Retribution (2013) and Essex Boys Law of Survival (2015) and The Essex Boys Tapes (2024) are also based – to varying degrees – on the Rettendon murders.[4]