The Guvnors

It pushes the dubious idea that old-school London thugs are a proper bunch of diamond geezers - though if you mess wiv 'em, they will do ya.

Every other scene veers towards the usual rucking, and Sylvester does so much aggressive sniffing you want to hand him a hankie.

Not as bad as Nick Love but still a largely knuckle-headed early-'90s throwback that stretches credibility with its punch-first, think-later ethos.

It's all mildly amusing up to a point, but The Guvnors does unfortunately begin to take itself more seriously than it probably should as things get darker and lives are put in jeopardy.