Shooting Fish

12/20/2025

From opposite sides of the Pond, but with a similarly parent-free upbringing, “Jez” (Stuart Townsend) and “Dylan” (Dan Futterman) have crafted themselves quite a nifty little grifting business. The former is a bit of a tech whizz, the latter could sell sand in the desert and together, from their home in a disused London gasometer, they have a target of raising £2 millions so they can buy a stately home - the kind the poverty-stricken “Dylan” dreamt of when he was a boy. It’s their latest wheeze that ropes in posh gal "Georgie” (Kate Beckinsale) and leads to two becoming three as their enterprise enters the home straight. Then, though, they fall foul of one of their more savvy marks, end up in jail and discover that Her Majesty is not only going to keep them for three months, but that she’s