Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "British gangster thriller"

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Layer Cake **** (2004, Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Gambon, Sienna Miller, Sally Hawkins, Nathalie Lunghi) – Classic Movie Review 660

Daniel Craig stars as a London-based criminal who wants to quit the cocaine business, in debut director Matthew Vaughn’s better-than-most 2004 British crime film Layer Cake. Another day, another Brit crime thriller, but this one […]

Jan, 10

Gangster No 1 ** (2000, Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman, Eddie Marsan) – Classic Movie Review 659

A ruthless middle-aged English hoodlum reflects on his life of crime, and how he rose from young hardman in small-time crime in Swinging 60’s London to being boss of the gang. This repellently bloodsoaked British gangster […]

Jan, 09

Get Carter ***** (1971, Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland) – Classic Movie Review 21

The top-notch 1971 British noir gangster thriller stars Michael Caine in one of his best roles as Jack Carter, a London-based crook who travels to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother’s murder.  Based on […]

Jul, 05

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