Legend, not so much perhaps mediocre

Rating: 6/10 (2 February 2016)

OK so first things first Hardy did a stellar job in portraying both brothers and shortly into the film you forgot that it's the same actor and fully invest in Ronald and Reggie's characters.
Unfortunately Hardy's performance aside the film has little else going for it. The themes of the movie seem to change from scene to scene and none are done particularly well. The overriding theme in the movie was 'romance' focused on lovers Frances and Reggie.
Now I don't have a problem with a film about the Krays being told from the point of view of Frances but her character is simply under developed. All we are told is that she is fragile with no explanation to what that actually means. She tells the story of how they fell in love, then breezed over some gangster related incidents. suddenly she's popping pills because she's "fragile" no explanation to why (again). although it's clear its related to Reggie some what abandoning her, nevertheless what was wrong with her in the first place and what actually turned her to pills?
Well anyway shortly after this she kills herself with said pills. It then becomes a frantic rush back to the gangster plot to squish in everything, that made the Krays story worth telling. Having said that of the few violent scenes we do actually get to see, the quality of them is good.
Overall the film has its moments but it just leaves you wanting more and feeling a bit let down.