On and beneath the meanest streets of Glasgow, fiery gangster Bart is merciless with debtors, would-be rivals, and anyone else to whom he takes even a passing dislike. How does Bart maintain his chokehold? Through his unwitting enforcer Danny, who he has "raised" since boyhood. Danny has been kept as a near-prisoner by his "Uncle" Bart; trained to attack and, if necessary, kill. Danny knows little of life, except the brutal existence that Bart has so crudely and cruelly fashioned for him. But when Danny has a chance encounter with soft-spoken blind piano tuner Sam, he senses true kindness and compassion for the first time and experiences the transforming power of music. When a sudden gangland coup separates Danny from Bart and his mob, Danny is at last away from the underworld. He takes refuge with Sam and his spunky teenaged stepdaughter Victoria. Sam and Victoria open their home and hearts to Danny, who begins to envision a new future for himself. However, the mob will not give up its prize pupil so easily, and Danny must soon fight again, and fight back, to protect his new family and bury his troubled past.
Production Europa Corp. [fr]; Danny the Dog Prods Ltd. [gb]; TF1 Films Production [fr]; Qian Yian International; Current Entertainment; Clubdeal [gb]; Canal+ [fr];
Cast Names Silvio Simac; Jet Li; Morgan Freeman; Bob Hoskins; Kerry Condon; Vincent Regan; Dylan Brown; Tamer Hassan; Michael Jenn; Phyllida Law; Carole Ann Wilson; Mike Lambert; Jaclyn Tze Wey; Puthirith Chou; Tony Theng; Owen Lay; Franck Xie Cheng; Georgina Chapman; Danielle Louise Harley; Andy Beckwith; Michael Webber; Jeff Rudom; Laurence Ashley; Alex Lawson; Stuart Lawson; Audifax Kinga; Eric Mondoloni; Vanessa Mateo; Alain Figlarz; Maurice Chan;
Box Office USD 24,520,892
Release Date 2005-05-13
Genres Action; Crime; Drama; Romance; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong violent content, language and some
sexuality/nudity.