carbuff
Another excellent lower-budget British gangster film. God, I just love this stuff. Like most of my favorite films, two brief phrases work really well here: "hidden gem" and "excellent ensemble cast". This one is interesting because the running narration voice-over continually changes from character to character, so you never know what is going to happen next and to whom. It's gritty, seemingly realistic, unpredictable, and unfortunately, over much too soon.If you're into British crime flicks, this is an excellent one, and it is such a short movie that there's no excuse not to at least give it a shot.
kosmasp
The movie is based on a short story and that is (my guess) why and how the filmmaker got the money to do the movie. The short movie is on the DVD (I'd think every nation must have it, but check before you buy/rent it of course) and you can watch it afterwards to see the differences. It's not that long and if you liked at least the idea you can judge for yourself what you think of it.Of course the short movie is expanded a lot and ends on a different note too. The acting is decent enough for a movie like this and it might surprise you from times to times. Still there are quite a few things that are wrong. You might care about them or not (it tries too hard to be cool, story flaws and filmmaking flaws), but let's see where this filmmaker is going.
wheetc
The film was slow and dull. Unoriginal characters and a clichéd British hard-men nutter story. No where near the class and wit of Guy Ritchie's Masterpieces which some people seem to have the audacity to compare this to. I just couldn't follow it, felt bored out of my mind within 5 minutes. I can't believe it's received any of the decent reviews which it has; I'm guessing they're family and friends of those who were involved in the making of this diabolical film.I would have hoped if they were ambitious enough to use the 5D Mark II to shoot this, they would have had the patience and desire to ensure the story was decent with imaginative characters and an engaging, colourful plot; this is where the film fell flat on it's face for me.
area01
What Can I say.....? Great dialogue. Great Gals. Great pacing. Just.... Great all round.Nice mix of low rent "Sin City" set down south at the Kiss Me Quick seaside town of South End.Lot's going on to keep you amused and dialogue that is up there with Crime Noir writers like Leonard and Ellroy - it would give Tarantino a run for his money. Let me tell you that, My Son....Check it out if you liked Lock Stock. Same pacing and humour.Not sure why it is below most people's radar on IMDb. But I loved it.
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