Best Served Cold

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2016)

Tom Hardy excels as the leading roles, in this biopic of the notorious twins. In previous carnations there's been a cheeky warmth, a rose tinted view of their lives, their friends, family & antics. This isn't the case with Legend, in fact it's probably gone a little too far the other way. The all too brief scenes with Violet Kray (Jane Wood) we certainly don't feel much love for or get much insight into her life, other than she makes cakes! We don't really hear much from the twins father, & the older brother doesn't exist! This is a colder look at the Krays life.They were murdering gangsters after all, & that's how it's portrayed. If you came for jellied eels & the days when front doors cold apparently just be left open, you've come to the wrong film. Although if doors are your thing, there's rather a lot of modern double glazed doors & windows to be seen in the blocks of flats. This is a superb performance by Tom Hardy & a good supporting cast,it doesn't feel slow, and its the most accurate portrayal of the twin to date.