Starring:
Daniel Craig - XXXX
Colm Meaney - Gene
Kenneth Cranham - Jimmy Price
George Harris - Morty
Jamie Foreman - Duke
Michael Gambon - Eddie Temple
Tamer Hassan - Terry
Ben Whishaw - Sidney
Burn Gorman - Gazza
Sally Hawkins - Slasher
Sienna Miler - Tammy
Stephen Walters - Shanks
Jason Flemyng - Larry
Dexter Fletcher - Cody
Tom Hardy - Clarkie
Director:
Matthew Vaughn (Stardust; Kick-Ass; X-Men: First Class)
Synopsis:
A mechanic in the British drug trade
finds himself caught in the middle of some dangerous circumstances in
this crime thriller. XXXX (Daniel Craig) is a nameless go-between in the
British mob who buys drugs from underground wholesalers and them sells
them to street dealers, keeping the system flowing and making a tidy
profit in the process. XXXX is looking forward to getting out of the
game, and has displayed both smarts and caution in how he's handled his
business, but before his overseer Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) will let
him go, he has a couple of favors that need to be done. First, Eddie
Temple (Michael Gambon) is a mob boss whose daughter has gotten hooked
on hard drugs and run away from home; Jimmy needs XXXX to find them girl
and bring her to him before Eddie's men can get hold of her. Second,
Dragan (Dragan Micanovic) is a Ecstasy wholesaler who has had a large
shipment stolen by Duke (Jamie Foreman); Jimmy wants XXXX to get the
Ecstasy back to Dragan, but Duke isn't eager to sell and Dragan is
becoming impatient. Between these two matters, XXXX isn't so sure he'll
get out of the business alive, especially after he finds himself falling
for Duke's nephew's girlfriend, Tammy (Sienna Miller).
Review:
I think it's just that there are two British films that have set the bar really high & now I compare everything to them. This wasn't bad, it just didn't live up to it's predessesors. Also I've made it well known that I'm not the biggest Daniel Craig fan. Do love Colm Meaney though. Sienna Miller is a total babe.
Budget: £4,000,000
Box Office: $11,850,214
Profit: Uhhh... how do you turn Euro's into Dollars again?
Rotten Tomatoes:81%
Flixster: 83%
59%
Lead Acting: 9/15
Supporting Cast: 12/15
Plot: 8/10
Compared To The Genre: 2/10
Cinematography: 11/20
Intrigue: 12/20
Extra: 5/10
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