An ex-con fresh out of the joint trying to live the straight life but they keep pulling him back in...a familiar story indeed. But this version has enough layers to make it stand out from the rest. Ray Winstone, Ben Chaplin, David Thewlis, Stephen Graham and Eddie Marsan all deliver some great performances. I'm not usually a fan of Colin Farrell but even he did a convincing job.
The movie is extremely fast paced...almost to a fault. You get introduced to a lot of characters very quickly. And at an hour and 43 minutes I wouldn't have minded another 20 mins of story to get a better fell for all the different sleaze bags. A lot of the background to the characters, as well as some of the side stories are told through the dialogue so you really have to pay attention to whats being said.
Graham and Marsan both have small, almost insignificant roles that I wished were a bigger part of the story. Especially Marsan playing the dirty copper.
Cool soundtrack. Definitely recommended. Streaming on Netflix. Dig it.
It's not a love story like the preview kinda makes it out to be.
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