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yeah, i saw it on release couple years ago... like you say, bettany is ice cool and mcdowell... unfortunate. that said, considering the catastrophic decision to have all characters except one (bettany/mcdowell) play themselves young and old, it was always going to be a strain.
if nothing else, the brutal banality of the set-pieces was at least a welcome respite from the mockney caper movies clogging screens at the time with over-elaborate plots and cheap attempts at *charisma*.
similarly, though a very different kind of film, 'sexy beast' was a british gangster movie that proved an interesting exception.
but i don't think any of the most recent crop, especially the heavily over-rated 'croupier' come close to the likes of the original 'get carter'. or my personal fave involving a sharp-suited psychotic, 'performance'.
'mojo' was pretty good, though its stage roots showed thru... harold pinter's lecherous villain - brrr. |
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