Gabe Tuner (writer/director) talks about the level of violence in the film The Guvnors.

THE GUVNORS is both love letter and hate mail to the alpha male. This story's alpha is Mitch (Doug Allen) who lives buried in suburban London, having turned his back on his previous life of casual violence and intimidation as part of a legendary South East London football firm. In the modern day he's the doyen of respectability and quiet confidence, until a young upstart (Harley Sylvester) attempts to drag him back in, desperate to inherit Mitch’s reputation and vanquish his legend. As events escalate around them, secrets are revealed, blood is spilt and lives are shattered. Gabe Turner’s violent thriller explores the sinister, inescapable legacy of a life of violence in all its forms.
The Guvnors also stars Martin Hancock and Jay Simpson.