good movie

Rating: 7/10 (20 March 2016)

Hardy is it's saving grace, perfectly dual acting in the roles of the very different twin brothers. He's conflicted as Ronnie and charming as Reggie. Helgeland might be known for building suspense but the two-hour wait for something climactic turns this movie into a ramble of thick East End accents and too many "unfinished" plot lines. We get Reggie's wife, Frances (Emily Browning), pushing him to drop the gangster act, the drama of Ronnie Kray being gay, as well as the twins fighting to rule the London underworld while struggling to run multiple booze- filled nightclubs—it all offers some vibrant action, like when Reggie stabs a gangster repeatedly with a butter knife.