Layer Cake ( film ) - Wikipedia Layer Cake ( film ) Layer Cake Theatrical release poster Directed by Matthew Vaughn Produced by Adam Bohling David Reid Matthew Vaughn Screenplay by J.J. Connolly Based on Layer Cake by J.J. Connolly Starring Daniel Craig Colm Meaney Kenneth Cranham George Harris Jamie Foreman Sienna Miller Michael Gambon Music by Lisa Gerrard Ilan Eshkeri Cinematography Ben Davis Edited by Jon Harris Production company Marv Films Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Release date 1 October 2004 ( 2004 - 10 - 01 ) Running time 105 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Budget $6.5 million Box office $11.9 million Layer Cake ( also occasionally stylised as L4YER CAKƐ ) is a 2004 British crime thriller film directed by Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut. The screenplay was adapted by J.J. Connolly from his novel of the same name. The film 's plot revolves around a London - based criminal known as XXXX, played by Daniel Craig, working in the trade of cocaine who wishes to leave the drug business. The film also features Tom Hardy, Colm Meaney, and Sienna Miller. The film was produced by Adam Bohling, David Reid and Matthew Vaughn, with Stephen Marks as executive producer. The title refers to the social strata, especially in the British criminal underworld. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Release 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical response 5.3 Home media 6 Continuation 7 References 8 External links Plot This article 's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( April 2017 ) A 30 - something man ( XXXX ), is a London underworld criminal who has established himself as one of the biggest cocaine suppliers in the city, with effective legitimate cover. Considering himself a businessman and patience as a prime virtue, XXXX leaves the darker aspects of the business to his henchman Morty, a man having recently ended a 10 - year prison sentence for murder. Once he has earned enough to ensure his long - term financial security, XXXX plans to retire. On the evening XXXX intends to set these plans into motion, his sponsor and powerful supplier Jimmy Price puts two crucial missions in his hands. The first is to track down Charlie, the teenage daughter of Jimmy 's associate Eddie Temple, who has fled a rehabilitation centre along with her drug - addicted boyfriend Pinky. XXXX decides to enlist two con men, Cody and Tiptoes, to perform this task. They investigate, and find the boyfriend dead and Charlie apparently kidnapped, although no ransom has been demanded. The second mission Jimmy assigns to XXXX is to organise the purchase and distribution of one million ecstasy tablets from a low - level gangster who styles himself `` The Duke ''. Unbeknownst to XXXX, the pills had been stolen from a gang of Serbian war criminals based in the Netherlands, a massive drug production outfit with an honour - avenging bent. XXXX encounters the Duke 's out - of - touch nephew Sidney at a bar and becomes attracted to his disillusioned girlfriend Tammy. XXXX tries to broker the sale of the ecstasy pills to Liverpool gangsters Trevor and Shanks, but they refuse, informing him of the drugs ' purloined nature, and that in response the Serbs have sent an assassin, known as Dragan, to find the pills and kill those responsible for their theft. Duke had mentioned XXXX 's name to the Serbs beforehand, so he too is in danger. Members of the Duke 's gang soon start turning up dead and the Duke himself goes missing. XXXX arranges a tryst with Tammy, but before it can be consummated, he is kidnapped by henchmen of Eddie Temple, father of Charlie, the missing girl. Eddie informs him that Jimmy Price has recently lost £ 13 million in a failed investment in Africa and planned for XXXX to find Charlie so Jimmy could take her hostage until Eddie could get him his money back. Jimmy was also hoping to sell the pills to recoup his losses ; Eddie then plays XXXX a recording indicating that Jimmy has been a long - term informant for Scotland Yard and intends to betray XXXX to the police as soon as the deal is done, planning to gain clemency from the deal and also take away XXXX 's wealth. Eddie demands that XXXX sells the pills to himself instead. A furious XXXX shoots and kills Jimmy at his home, but does so with a gun that Gene, Jimmy 's henchman and his main liaison with XXXX, had used to commit a prior murder, putting Gene under police attention. XXXX then discovers that his accountant, who operated his legitimate front and was referred to him by Jimmy Price, has stolen all of his money and disappeared. Gene and Morty initially suspect XXXX of foulplay ; after being shown the evidence of Jimmy 's snitching, the pair acknowledge XXXX as the group 's new acting boss and show him the corpse of the Duke. Gene killed him along with girlfriend and crime - partner, Slasher, when the latter threatened to alert the police about the pills. To recoup something from the fiasco, XXXX tips the police off to the Duke 's hideout, who then conduct a raid. XXXX is intentionally present during the raid to feign purchasing the pills from the Duke 's crew, and Dragan, who has been following XXXX, witnesses the raid from afar as the police confiscate the drugs while XXXX and Duke 's surviving crew escape. Meanwhile, XXXX has arranged for Cody and Tiptoes to infiltrate the raiding police and con the unit out of the pills. XXXX delivers the severed head of the Duke to Dragan as a peace offering, who reports back to his Serbian boss that the police have seized the drugs. Cody and Tiptoes return the drugs to XXXX in exchange for a fee, and XXXX in turn looks to sell them to Eddie Temple as planned. However, during the handover at the latter 's bonded warehouse, Eddie 's henchmen rob his crew of the drugs at gunpoint. To end XXXX 's faux assignment given by Jimmy, Eddie reveals that his daughter Charlie 's boyfriend died at his men 's hands ; she was recovered before Jimmy Price ever tasked XXXX with finding her, and Eddie had her put back into rehab all this time. To mollify XXXX, Eddie gives him a `` Welcome to the Layer Cake '' : a membership to the Stoke Park Country Club of which he is ( and Jimmy was ) a member. Expecting betrayal, XXXX successfully arranges for Trevor, Shanks, and young Dizzy to steal the drugs back from Eddie 's men. The gang assembles for lunch at the Stoke Park Club, honoring XXXX their new boss. However, he declines, stating his intention to stick to his planned retirement all along. When leaving the club with Tammy, mentally running through the names of his fellow murdered businessmen he hopes to avoid joining, XXXX is shot by a heart - broken Sidney. XXXX collapses bleeding, and he lies twitching on the front steps while contemplating his possible death. Cast Daniel Craig as XXXX Colm Meaney as Gene Kenneth Cranham as Jimmy Price George Harris as Morty Jamie Foreman as the Duke Michael Gambon as Eddie Temple Marcel Iureş as Slavo Tom Hardy as Clarkie Tamer Hassan as Terry Ben Whishaw as Sidney Burn Gorman as Gazza Sally Hawkins as Slasher Sienna Miller as Tammy Dexter Fletcher as Cody Steve John Shepherd as Tiptoes Daniel Moorehead as Dizzy Louis Emerick as Trevor Stephen Walters as Shanks Francis Magee as Paul the boatman Dragan Mićanović as Dragan Nathalie Lunghi as Charlie Jason Flemyng as Crazy Larry Production Filming began in June 2003. Queen 's Gate Mews, SW7, was used as the filming location for the home of Daniel Craig 's character XXXX. Soundtrack The soundtrack from Layer Cake is composed of 14 tracks. `` Hayling '' -- FC Kahuna `` Opening '' -- Ilan Eshkeri and Steve McLaughlin `` She Sells Sanctuary '' -- The Cult `` Ca n't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head '' ( Original Radio Edit ) -- Kylie Minogue `` You Got the Love '' ( Original bootleg radio mix ) -- The Source feat. Candi Staton `` Drive to the Boatyard '' -- Ilan Eshkeri `` Junky Fight '' -- Lisa Gerrard `` Making Plans for Nigel '' -- XTC `` Ordinary World '' -- Duran Duran `` Ruthless Gravity '' -- Craig Armstrong `` Four to the Floor '' ( Soulsavers Mix ) -- Starsailor `` Drive to the Warehouse '' -- Ilan Eshkeri and Lisa Gerrard `` Aria '' ( Layer Cake Speech ) -- Lisa Gerrard with Michael Gambon `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' -- Joe Cocker The Rolling Stones song `` Gimme Shelter '' also features in the film but does not appear on the soundtrack album. Release Box office Film Release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Budget Reference Worldwide United States United States International Worldwide All time United States All time worldwide Layer Cake May 2005 May 2005 $2,339,957 $9,510,257 $11,850,214 # 5,288 Unknown $6.5 million Critical response Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Entertainment Weekly Layer Cake 81 % ( 133 reviews ) 73 / 100 ( 30 reviews ) Layer Cake received positive reviews, with an 81 % `` fresh '' rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 7.1 / 10 based on 134 reviews. The critical consensus states that it is `` A stylized, electric British crime thriller ''. The film has an average score of 73 based on 30 reviews on Metacritic. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times remarked, `` The movie was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who produced Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, and this one works better than those films because it does n't try so hard to be clever and tries harder to be menacing ''. Of Craig 's performance, he said, `` Craig is fascinating here as a criminal who is very smart, and finds that is not an advantage because while you might be able to figure out what another smart person is about to do, dumbos like the men he works for are likely to do anything ''. He gave the film 3.5 / 4 stars. Craig 's starring role in the film has been cited as the performance that led to his high - profile casting as James Bond. Home media Layer Cake was released on DVD and VHS on 23 August 2005 and on Blu - ray in 2007. It was also re-released in 2014. Continuation Jason Statham 's production company is said to have the rights to produce a sequel, entitled Viva La Madness with Statham taking the XXXX role from Craig. On 17 September 2015, it was reported that Viva La Madness will be a TV show for Gaumont International Television. References Jump up ^ `` LAYER CAKE ( 15 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Layer Cake ( 2005 ) ''. the - numbers. Retrieved 18 August 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Layer Cake ( 2005 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 August 2011. Jump up ^ Mews News. Lurot Brand. Published Spring 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Layer Cake ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Layer Cake ''. Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved 18 August 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Layer Cake ''. Metacritic. CBS. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ Vineyard, Jennifer ( 30 June 2008 ). `` Daniel Craig 's Role As James Bond Allowed Him To Become A ' Fool ' -- Movie News Story MTV Movie News ''. MTV.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ Prudom, Laura. `` Jason Statham to Star in TV Drama ' Viva La Madness ' from Gaumont ''. Variety.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015. 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Question: what is the main character's name in layer cake
Answer: XXXX; XXXX,; XXXX; Daniel Craig; XXXX