Brian Conley,
Eddie Izzard,
Famke Janssen,
Fred Ward,
John Hannah
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Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001
Stats: 55 reviews
This film had the potential of bing a food British movid, the plot was pretty clever with great twists. Both John Hannah and Famke Janssen played good parts, but the comedy moments were really forced and why did it have to have to have Brian Connelly as the main gangster? There...( read more)
This is one of those movies where the director tries to make a smart and clever movie but instead ends up a muddled and only mildly engrossing film. John Hannah is well cast and he comes off the best in the cast, but the characters are so unsavory that it never really drew me in...( read more)
So the twists and turns are ultimately pretty silly and unbelievable. However, I adore the cast and loved watching these people interact even though it was largely for no reason.
So many twists n turns in this crime thriller. Awesome story with terrific acting, and definitely some cool action scenes.
Watchable British gangster nonsense in the wake of the new cycle of such films (post Lock Stock). Is more complicated than is necessary; and as usual with this sort of thing the characters are too unpleasant and devoid of proper morals to care much about.
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