gays, Americans, dwarfs, fatties and much much more

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2008)

Really enjoyable and intelligent film. Involving from the start, this is sad, funny, violent and very non PC. For me, the ending was a little too protracted and I would have avoided the false ending that was a bit too melodramatic. But otherwise a joy to watch and very different. Baddies competing in their badness but drawing their own lines they would not cross. I loved it that a guy could talk of all his kills then get soppy over some aspect of his life. But what I liked best was the full frontal script and gags that we thought could no longer be told, involving gays, Americans, dwarfs, fatties and much much more. Great stuff. I had not seen Colin Farrell before but was most impressed with his sense of timing and can well understand his popularity, not least one sign of which is that I see his has five films slated for release in 2009.