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Seon Rogers,
Dean Forster,
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Matthew Vaughn,
Matthew Vaughn
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: Columbia TriStar
: Foreign, Crime, Gangsters, UK
: 106 min.
: English, French
: English, French, Korean, Thai
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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). Layer Cake marked the directorial debut for Matthew Vaughn, best known as a producer for Guy Ritchie's lad-centric crime movies. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by MDeMars
May 11, 2006 - 10:15 PM PDT
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| Never heard of this film until I saw a movie trailer on another DVD and thought it looked good. The cast and story are great. Never a dull moment. I got so drawn into the story that I think I watched the whole thing sitting on the edge of my couch. |
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by talltale
August 21, 2005 - 5:46 AM PDT
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5 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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| Some critics have lambasted LAYER CAKE for being too much the "Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels/Snatch" clone. It's not. The milieu may be similar but the story is its own. Rather than being an ensemble piece, this one has a star--and a good one--in Daniel Craig ("Love is the Devil," "Road to Perdition," "The Mother," "Enduring Love"). The film's director Matthew Vaughn, who also produced "Lock, Stock" and "Snatch," appears to have taken note of what works and what doesn't. Consequently, there is little wrong with his new one, save a certain logy-ness that sets in maybe 2/3 of the way through, when too many tricks begin to take their toll on logic. But then the movie picks up nicely, dovetailing to a remarkable ending that works on several levels. Well-cast and glossy as hell, with smart, funny dialog and fine performances, "Layer Cake" is good. And Craig is terrific. |
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