Clevercell
Very disappointing...
XoWizIama
Excellent adaptation.
Curt
Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.
shoegal2713
that your girlfriend will enjoy too...but then i do like a nice sarf east accent. even lived down that way for a few years. great cast...big burly men ooo-er. what wouldn't i do to Vincent Regan....also have never seen Neil Maskell in a bad film yet. there was that strange one* about people getting up to weird culty stuff in a field. very violent it was too but my son, a huge film buff really likes it so each to their own etc. plus have no doubt his taste is far more discerning than mine. watched Piggy the other night on Sky, again Neil Maskell was really good in it. have remembered him from Bonded by Blood one of the (3) films about then The Rettendon murders/the Range Rover murders. anyway here's hoping there's a St Georges's Day 2. *Kill List.
davideo-2
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday MorningMicky Mannock (Frank Harper) has been talked into doing a cocaine deal with some Russian mobsters, while his cousin Ray Collishaw (Craig Fairbrass) is trying to go straight, and particularly doesn't want to work with said Russians. But he gets talked in anyway, and then the sh!t really hits the fan when the drugs are lost in high seas. The already fragile alliance he had with the Russians is now in tatters, and they end up at war, while to solve the problem co conspirator Albert Ball (Vincent Regan) suggests a diamond smuggling from Amsterdam, whilst other factions of their group get involved in a big football ruckus in Germany- on St. George's Day.Over the last decade or so, the British Film Industry has created a sort of cult following of these crime/gangster films. One of the more familiar faces to have become known among them is big cockney lad Frank Harper, and with this he marks his directorial debut. It's clear he was working with a very low budget, surprising given the all star cast list on offer here, but with no A list names on board (the closest to big time seemingly Charles Dance in a supporting role), it feels more like a collaboration between mates rather than an all star, sweeping epic. And you only have to watch it to feel this more so.I must admit I haven't done my best job with the plot summary, but it all just feels so convoluted and disjointed that it was the best I could do. It ends up coming off as a boring, uninteresting gangster story, with all the usual clichés of the genre thrown in without thought and without even any decent violence to satisfy the more immoral of the audience, or even justify the 18 certificate. After all this, as it draws to a close, the film has the nerve to become self indulgent, dragging on well over the hour and a half mark.Mr. Harper may have a presence that makes him a favourite of Nick Love and the like, but from this evidence it's clear directing really isn't his forte. *
djkbee
Seeing way to many negative reviews on this one so simply had to put this out there and give it some credit. I always feel films like this are watched by a lot of people who are not familiar with its genre of film and actors etc. We have a few actors in this from Eastenders from example. We have some familiar faces from Football Factory & The Business. This is a movie you put alongside these types of films - Rise Of The Footsoldier, The Business, Football Factory, The Rise & Fall Of A White Collar Hooligan, Bonded By blood. If you know about these films then you know what your in for with this one and you will enjoy it! Great cast in this one and great narrating. I really don't know why there's so many negative reviews... i feel a lot of the London based gangster flicks get it. This one was on Sky Box Office recently and im sure people watch it without even knowing about this genre of film. Tut Tut. Great film.
neilrice1984
i joined IMDb just to write this review to tell people not to watch this movie as i saw a couple of positive reviews,all i can say is they must of been friends of the director or his family or maybe him himself - i cant imagine anybody thinking this is a good movie.nevermind straight to DVD,it should of gone straight to TV (and a bad station at that).it was awful! was over narrated and in a dull voice.movies with thin plots normally make up for it with loads of action or sex.this had neither.they cast Keeley Hazel for the gangsters girlfriend who for those of you who don't know is absolutely stunning! but i am afraid she is a terrible actress, again maybe she could of made up for it by getting her kit off, well she doesn't.the overall idea could of been good and thats why i watched it but they just didn't pull it off.
