Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
This glinting, scalding gangland phantasmagoria offers a sort of funhouse-mirror refraction of the life and career of a British hooligan so elemental in his right villainy that he's merely identified ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (601)
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September 29, 2009Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis & Paul Bettany on top form. Not to mention Paul McGuigan?s great direction! Top British gangster film!
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July 27, 2009pretty enjoyable tale of the rise of a ruthless gangster in sixties mod london. the director's frenetic style is kind of annoying tho he's obviously cribbed some tricks from scorsese and guy ritchie. i gotta put this a notch below sexy beast and layer cake in spite of a few pow...( read more)
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April 5, 2009Wonderful movie with great talent! Was expecting more blood but the character development was great!
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January 24, 2009"What do you take me for, a cunt?"
British gangster films have an advantage in shock value over their American counterparts: There's an element of politeness hardwired into the English personality - even the cockney ruffians have it - and so the underworld violence become...( read more) -
December 31, 2008Yet another British Gangster movie.Seen it all before and we british can make and do better movies!!
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July 19, 2009A british gangster movie starring Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis and Paul Bettany. I had to see it. Early work of the director who later made Lucky Number Slevin. Like his other movies, this is interesting, stylish but not as good as it could be. Still very enjoyable, great perf...( read more)
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March 26, 2009McDowell and Bettany portray brilliantly a man who simply wants to "sit on the throne" - the trick is that we know nothing about him: no background, no friends, no family and no name - and we never do. He's almost two-dimensional. It's shot vividly and starkly with a lot of inven...( read more)
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March 23, 2009A gangster movie which chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster and which was a full on thriller and entertainer throughout. Paul Bettany stole the show with his intense unsettling performance masked by a cool and calm facial express...( read more)
Critic Reviews
July 19, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
June 5, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Just watch Bettany strut his stuff. You'll know a star when you see one. full review
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January 28, 2007I saw this when it first came out, this movie is for any gangster movie lover. I'm looking to but it and I sugest you all see it!
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