The Cramps

Rating: 3/10 (7 March 2016)

"Legend" is the latest take of the story of the infamous Kray Twins, Reggie and Ron. These two rose to fame in London during the 60s through robbing, looting, and gambling.
Tom Hardy does a remarkable job in playing both title roles. However, that is just about all this latest movie has going for it. This is another movie where the British accents are so heavy, I feel you need subtitles. It took me a good 20 minutes to finally get into the movie where I could understand what was being said.
The director does an odd thing here in having Reggie's girlfriend, Frances Shea, narrate the story. She loves Reggie; she hates Ron. The reasons for her hating the other brother are easily seen. Ron was not only mentally ill, but he was a savage. There was no such thing as "too much violence" to please him. Reggie finally marries Frances, but the marriage dissolves into rubble because Reggie's family does not approve, and Reggie turns out to be just as big an ass as his brother.
The 1990 movie entitled "The Krays" is a much better film. That movie focused on the gangster aspect, where "Legend" bores its audience to death with a hackneyed love story. The director (and all others involved) should have made their minds up early on as to what they wanted to do because their "mixture" did not do anything but bore me to tears.
Rated "R" for violence, drug use, sexual situations, and language, "Legend" is just not that entertaining.