History of Kray Brothers

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2016)

I saw "Legend", starring Tom Hardy-Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, Inception; Emily Browning-Pompeii, Sucker Punch; Taron Egerton- Kingsman:The Secret Service, Testament of Youth and Chazz Palminteri- Rizzoli & Isles_tv, The Usual Suspects.
This is based on a true story about the most famous gangsters in British history, the Kray brothers. They were twins, Ronnie & Reggie, and they are both portrayed by Tom and he does a fantastic job. He changes his voice and personality so that it gives the feeling of watching two different actors. Their story takes place in the 1960's in London. Tom/Reggie is the smart one and Tom/Ronnie is the paranoid schizophrenic. Tom/Reggie meets a nice girl, Emily, and gets married. Tom/Ronnie likes men and spends some time in a mental hospital. Taron plays Tom/Ronnie's main boy friend and right hand man. Chazz plays an American mobster that wants to expand the American mafia's business into Europe, using the Kray brothers' help. The story is typical gangster narrative but the performance from Tom is really good. It's rated "R" for violence, language, drug material and sexual content- no nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 11 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would be a good rental.