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Brinley Green, Burn Gorman, Colm Meaney, Daniel Craig, Dexter Fletcher
Matthew Vaughn directs this intricate drama, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, about a British drug dealer (Daniel Craig) who longs to ditch his illegal trade. But he can't do that without ...( read more
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After being cast as Bond, Daniel Craig's back catalogue is now much sought after. Although Craig came to most of the UK's attention with a stand out performance in Our Friends in the North, it's Layer Cake that showcases why he got the Bond audition. Perhaps now, this strong cont...( read more)
I?m bored of these dodgy British gangster films, generally made by rich public school boy mockneys! Not my kind of film at all. I liked it when he got shot at the end though!
A cocaine distributor who enjoys a low profile finds himself hunted by Serbian drug dealers after doing business with an inept gang of crooks. Comparisons with Guy Ritchie are inevitable, and the rather overly broadly played "Duke" and his crew invite such comparisons, but the re...( read more)
You know how these British crime movies are. Layer Cake is less stylized than some of its peers, but its great cast and well-layered plot are more than enough to make it as good as any of the others that I have seen.
Daniel Craig is the star of the show, and his performance her...( read more)
Energetic performers animate an aptly-titled, intricate screenplay with quick action and slick dialogue that is so busy keeping ahead of the viewer that it is nearly indecipherable but for its separate parts. Without saying anything particularly meaningful about its many interest...( read more)
Many people compare this to Guy Ritchie's films, but comparisons are very unnecessary as "Layer Cake" has shown a different side of British gangsterism than those of Ritchie's. When Guy Ritchie brings comedy, cleverness, and style to gangster films, "Layer Cake" has able to paint...( read more)
slick, sexy, thrilling crime caper
not as good as Ritchie
Ritchie provides a more humorous and pleasurable sense of viewing
