Brilliant, simply Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (23 June 2000)

Let me get this straight. This film is utterly, utterly brilliant. If you have any kind of hankering for a low-life gangster movie, with more humour than Reservoir Dogs and more class than Pulp Fiction, give this film a look.
It tracks a low life card player who gets in over his head and ends up owing the local psychotic crimelord a lot of money. Cue the cunning plan to get the money within 7 days, and the ongoing hilarity as several groups of gangsters end up at cross purposes.
This film is full of humour, excellent dialogue and cracking one-liners. It's visually rich, and some of the camera work is very well done and invented. It has surprise appearances for Vinnie Jones (ex Wimbledon football player) and Sting (aged rocker), and both put in fine performances, much to my surprise.
There is nothing to fault about this film, it is totally excellent and deserves 90 minutes of anyone's time. Unless you're totally anti-Brit or utterly against gangster movies, you'll love this one again and again.