Fast cockney crime comedy

Rating: Null/10 (20 April 2000)

Four not very likely lads in a bloody cockney comedy crime caper relying on speed and timing to disguise an implausible plot and some moral ambiguities. Some great lines and a cliffhanger ending, but the characters are not very involving. One or two suitably grotesque villains but most of the crooks the fab four come up against are as thick as two short planks. I did appreciate the occasional sub-titles and was amazed at the amount of bad language in a British film. Lots of influences apparent - `Pulp Fiction', `Two Days in the Valley', `Trainspotting' and even `Minder' - but sufficiently frenetic to keep you watching, even if you don't particularly care what happens.