Wonderful character development!

Truly Dreadful Film

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Bought this dvd years ago on a whim for £3 because it had Ray init , absolutely brilliant & very funny .. I would recommend this film to anyone who loves Ray Winston .

i guess around minute 20, triggered by the third annoying karaoke sequence - i turned this thing off...therefore i did not see the whole movie...therefore i cannot give it an honest # rating.(and btw i'm one of those who hates to not finish a movie once begun regardless)what a waste of cast - by that i mean jude lawgranted i started watching this as a netflix-back-to-back-cockney thing right after experiencing "Gangster No.1" which conversely was somewhat awesome and riveting on a number of levels.on netflix "this thing" popped up "because i just finished watching Gangster No.1"

For the most part this film is enjoyable, but sadly it's let down by it's indecisiveness. It cannot seem to decide what it wants to be - a brutal gangster flick or a comedy of errors. It ends up being a mixture of the two, but the brutality and the comedy do not make comfortable bed-fellows. A good example would be a scene where a thug is tearing the jugular out of a guy's neck with his teeth in an upstairs bathroom, while downstairs 3 gangsters are mincing around in aprons and marigolds. The film would have benefited massively from the humour being toned down. Also some of the cast seem to treating it like a project, and are hamming it up to ridiculous levels. Ray Winstone is the guiltiest, and loses any menace his gangland boss character may have acquired by giggling hysterically like a schoolgirl at a Twilight premier or laying the cock-er-ney slang on so thick that it comes across like a sketch from a Harry Enfield comedy. Sean Pertwee can also share his guilt. There are however some redeeming qualities to the film, the story moves along briskly, the soundtrack is wonderful and you're never short changed from quality performers like Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans or Trevor Laird. An average film.

I love this movie. Was spending a lot of time with some Welsh guys in Sydney and they recommended it to me as I am an Elvis and karaoke fan. Probably captures what spare time crims have on their hands better than any other movie. A touch of the Sopranos contained here. The cast is great and everybody I show this movie to thinks it's great. Anyone who doesn't like it is just a muppet and is mugging us all off. I have followed other Ray Winstone movies as a result of this. Probably the only movie that Jude Law looks tough in as well. I think the fact that the actors use their real first names in the movie adds to the appeal. If you don't laugh at this then you have a problem, black comedy at it's best. " FIX BAYONETS !!!"