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Dave Courtney gives an unforgettable performance as Dave Bishop, one of the most murderous gangsters ever depicted on film, in this bloody crime epic. Through flashbacks, ORIGINAL GANGSTER follows the violent career of a small-time London villain who kills his way to the top of Britain's illicit drugs empire. Now happily retired on the Kent coast Dave becomes embroiled in a bloody battle with Al Qaeda terrorists who want to take over his criminal empire. ORIGINAL GANGSTER lends brutal insight into Britain's gangland underworld and is set to rank alongside THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY as one of the United Kingdom's greatest ever gangster films.