When a film is reviewed as "one of the most depressingly abhorrent films you could ever wish not to see" and "among the most base and ultimately pointless exercises in filmmaking for a long while" it's hardly surprising it's as rare as hen's teeth.
Adapted from Simon Donald's 1992 Olivier nominated play, The Life of Stuff as a film fails to match such acclaim. Directed by Donald itself it made less than £5,000 from its limited cinematic release in 1997 and was eventually broadcast, just once, on BBC2 ten years later. The story concerns a gangland take-over by up and coming crime boss Willie Dobie (Jason Flemyng) who kills off his rival Alec Sneddon (Liam Cunningham) by having dopey henchman…