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Layer Cake (2005)
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Layer Cake
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"Finally, the British mob movie I've been thirsting for! In the tradition of 'The Long Good Friday' and 'Get Carter', 'Layer Cake' is a British gangster flick where everybody gets fucked over, and everyone gets killed. Forgetall that Guy Ritchie, gangster comedy nonsense, I want violence, I want a movie with balls. This movie was originally intended for Ritchie, but his career killing marriage to shemale extraodinaire: Madonna, created the opportunity for his producer: Matthew Vaughn, to have a go at the director's chair. What we get is a movie whose complex plot of double deals, and backstabbing isn't muddled with comic book baffoonery as in Ritchie's work. Vaughn is much more adept at handling this sort of material. He doesn't have to resort to the type of cheap plot explanations that Ritchie's films needed to survive. Layer Cake's complex story unravels itself with the greatest of ease. There's no need for extraneous narrati ... "
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"By Tricia Olszewski You can do one of two things while watching Layer Cake: You can relax and take in its sleek style, its occasional humor, and the low-burn loveliness of its leading man, Daniel Craig. Or you can try to figure out what’s going on. Doing both, unfortunately, is not an option. But that’s what can happen when a 400-page, seven-hour screenplay is whittled down to 105 minutes and placed in the hands of a first-time director—in this case, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels producer Matthew Vaughn. Britpulp!-anthologized author J.J. Connolly wrote the script, as well as the crook’s-eye-view novel on which it was based. His many characters are well-drawn, with intricate histories and personalities that are strong without being movie-thug clever. But the concentrated version of Layer Cake’s underworld is so jam-packed with names and background that you never quite get over feeling like a stranger at a family reunion. A bit of the unfamilia ... "
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"Debut director Michael Vaughan clearly had a list of boxes to tick: sleek cool blue and boltgun metal color pallette, electro moody Michael Mann-like soundtrack whacked into place, drugs and clubs, copious profanity, a cocky middleman trying to escape from his line of work just as a maelstrom blasts into view to tear everything he was used to to hell. Control slips, bodies pile up, guns are brandished, more hired guns with their own freaky m.o's are brought in. The camera swirls and sweeps gracefully through the neon green and grey urban sprawl of greasy spoons, bars, and cars as deals, hits and beatings are carried out. But it never really escapes from the shadow of Guy Ritchie and his Brit crime flick imitators despite the style and cast. Its a shame this film really doesnt speak with its own voice as there are plenty of glmpses of potential, but at least Vaughan is stealing from the best and knows how to bolt the thing together to carry the audience along for the ride. Best ... "
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"Against all odds, the movie is very enjoyable. It was originally planned to be the next Guy Ritchie movie, but it was directed by Guy's producer partner. The humor is toned down, there are no big box office names attached, and the movie is better for it. Quirky, fun, oddly compelling, with a strong lead by future Bond Daniel Craig. "
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