Better than Expected

Rating: 7/10 (25 September 2015)

At least where I am, this film has gotten an unfair thrashing from critics. Don't go in expecting it to a typical gangster movie, like say, the Godfather, because it is not. It seems to bounce between wanting to be a quasi-Godfather like movie and also a psychological exploration as to what drove the Kray Brothers during their campaign of terror in 1960s London.
The script can be a bit ridiculous at times (read: clichÃ©d and cheesy), but the acting is superb - Tom Hardy plays both Kray Brothers effortlessly to where you forget that the brothers are played by the same actor. Supporting actors like Reggie Kray's wife are great too, but the star is Tom Hardy and he has been unfairly overlooked.