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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: VERY, VERY, DISAPOINTING!!
Review: I just dont know how they get away with making films so slow,and boring!This movie was suggested to me by a friend who shares the same taste as myself,however,i found it very hard to get into.It`s not often that i cant wait for a movie to end but,that is the only lasting thought i have of this film.My advice to anyone about to buy,RENT IT FIRST!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Nasty little film about nastier blokes.
Review: The US good fellows got nothing on the UK crooks.
These guys are petty and mean and downright scary.
Sean Bean couldn't be further from Sharpe unless he had a psychotic episode..which his chracter seems to have.
Alex Kingston still has a very respectable figure, naked or clothed.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Bleak and gloomy
Review: This film provides a very good look into the underworld of British crime - perhaps too good.

The premise is fairly simple: Jason Locke (played brilliantly by Sean Bean) is a gangster who's just got out of prison, and is mad. He gets more upset when he finds out his 'kingdom' of drugs and crime has been usurped by others during his absence, and vows to get his own back. The violence, mayhem, and double- and triple-crossing that ensues is no doubt quite accurate, but a bit too much for my sensibilities.

This film no doubt does a great job of portraying its subject matter, and even has its sympathetic moments, but I find it lacks the ability to make an emotional connection with the viewer. I have to admit, though I very much enjoy Sean Bean's acting, I was glad to see this grim, gloomy film over.


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