Best British Crime/Gangster Film?

[MC Moot]

My local vid store is owned by British ex-pats so they have a great selection of the genre....I haven’t seen “Essex Boys” or “The Business” (Anyone recommend them?) I thought “The Long Good Friday” was weak….and “Twin Town” was really Scottish….what’s your pick…any I missed?

whoops....I thought I attached a poll......

Italian Job
Layer Cake
Get Carter
Sexy Beast
Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Shallow Grave
Snatch
The Krays

[Freebasser]

Lay off the coffee!

[MC Moot]

Lay off the coffee!

I can't....besides if I did I wouldn't be able to remeber that I forgot "The Ladykillers" and I want someone to tell me if "Revolver" is any good.....;)

[Jim wont fix it]

I f ur looking for an everyday generic british gangster film stay away from Revolver - it's nothing like snatch or lock stock but it is good if u get the concept

[MC Moot]

jesus...i put it in the wrong form to boot.....my bad!:p

[MC Moot]

I f ur looking for an everyday generic british gangster film stay away from Revolver - it's nothing like snatch or lock stock but it is good if u get the concept

Thanks,I actually tried to rent the Ritchie movie last week and the chick gave me this one : http://www.amazon.com/Revolver-Ws-Oliver-Reed/dp/B00006IUI8

:mad:

[Lex Diamonds]

Essex Boys is pretty good, The Business is probably slightly better. See them both. (y)


PS
See The Football Factory. One of my favourite films.

[Freebasser]

His other favourite film is Filthy Firemen :/

[MC Moot]

PS
See The Football Factory. One of my favourite films.

Cheers,he's got that as well....I've passed it up a few times....will have a go...

[icy manipulator]

Layer Cake is my fav atm, but Lock Stock will always be a winner for me. Revolver is great but yeah, i had to watch it a 2nd time to properly understand it. Football Factory has it's good bits and it's bad, but overall it's pretty decent

[MC Moot]

Layer Cake is my fav atm

I went in to it blind so it made a great impression,loved the alternative ending's.....Ben Kingsley in "Sexy Beast" does it for me,though.....I find it hard to beat that performance......my favorite gangster portrayal next to James Cagney in "White Heat" or Joe Pesci in "Goodfellas".....(y)

[trailerprincess]

Gangster No1 is really good

[Slimboy Fat]

Gangster No1 is really good

Yes it is.(y)

And I thought Green Street was better than Football Factory, even if it has got the hobbit in it.

[Bob]

i'm hardly a connosseiur, but my favorite of the ones you've listed (and just in general from what i've seen) is lock stock

the italian job is a classic but to be honest it's kind of silly...i mean it's rated PG or G or something, isn't it? no decent crime film should have that kind of rating

snatch is like lock stock, only with too much going on at once. what was great about lock stock and two smoking barrels was that there were like 4 subplots going on at once, and they all intersected amazingly and seamlessly. snatch tried to do the same thing, only with like 6 or 7 subplots and it just didn't work out quite as well, in my opinion. not to say it's a bad movie, but it's no lock stock

apparently guy ritchie (the director of both) is dyslexic. that's gotta be worth something

[adam_f]

Apparently no one cares this is in the wrong forum.

Since I succumb to peer pressure routinely, I agree with everything Bob says.

[MC Moot]

the italian job is a classic but to be honest it's kind of silly...i mean it's rated PG or G or something, isn't it? no decent crime film should have that kind of rating

I think that's the charm about it really....and the setting,wardrobe,vehicles and scenery are so perpetually stylish......self preservation society!......how dare they try a remake....fiends.....

[MC Moot]

Gangster No1 is really good

I'll snag it this weekend.....psssst another cheque is in the mail.....;)

[Lex Diamonds]

Yes it is.(y)

And I thought Green Street was better than Football Factory, even if it has got the hobbit in it.
The two main characters are FRODO BAGGINS and some shit Australian imbecile who can't do a London accent to save his life, let alone act like a hard man. The entire premise of the film is super gay as well. Since when was there a war between football firms and journalists? What a load of steaming horse shit.

Add to that the fact that the Football Factory is witty, skilfully directed, and well-acted (all things which Green Street is not) and your statement just looks ridiculous. Oh well, that's your opinion I guess.

[Slimboy Fat]

Geordie, not Australian.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402271/

Football Factory wasn't bad, I just think Danny Dyer is fucking awful as an actor.

[Jim wont fix it]

If u want a more realistic take on british crime try Kidulthood. It's about the type of sh*tty council estate I grew up in - sort of like a british ghetto film.

[Lex Diamonds]

Geordie, not Australian.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402271/

Football Factory wasn't bad, I just think Danny Dyer is fucking awful as an actor.
Whatever, he's shit.

And Danny Dyer doesn't need to act, he's so likeable playing himself. (y)

[trailerprincess]

Whatever, he's shit.

And Danny Dyer doesn't need to act, he's so likeable playing himself. (y)

my brother has Danny Dyer's mobile number for some reason. Last summer when we were at my parents house, we kept calling and winding him up, it was most amusing

[Lex Diamonds]

my brother has Danny Dyer's mobile number for some reason. Last summer when we were at my parents house, we kept calling and winding him up, it was most amusing
I beg you PM it to me! PLEEEEEZ! :):):)

[trailerprincess]

I'll see what I can do. We also wound up MC Neat of 'you're loving it' semi-fame.

[Lex Diamonds]

DJ Luck And MC Neat were legends back in the day. (y)

Please please get that number, I've got a mate who loves Danny Dyer it would be so hilarious to prank him.

[MC Moot]

Gangster No. 1 was pretty good,really nice continuity...as in the London underworld of 1968 looks like I would have imagined it would have/did....the movie could of done well with out the last 20 minutes.....it might have benefited by ending when Paul Bettany takes over the gang.....there were a couple of choice bit's where Bettany's facial expressions were almost identical to a young Malcolm MacDowell circa Clockwork.....nice casting

[MC Moot]

;) If u want a more realistic take on british crime try Kidulthood. It's about the type of sh*tty council estate I grew up in - sort of like a british ghetto film.

Have seen "Fucking Sheffield" so I think I got it covered.... ;)

[chromium05]

….and “Twin Town” was really Scottish….

Twin Town is Welsh

[MC Moot]

Twin Town is Welsh

really?....I remembered it differently,long time ago I guess.....it could benefit from subtitles either way.....;)

[icy manipulator]

has Danny Dyer actually done anything decent besides Human Traffic and Football Factory?

[Lex Diamonds]

I thought The Business was alright. I'm not aware of anything else good though.

[Junker]

Lock Stock... and Snatch.

I just love these 2 films.

[Junker]

Observation: Why is this thread in the other music section?

[icy manipulator]

no one can be bothered reporting it to be moved. piece of advice paulo, if you like those 2, watch Layer Cake. try Revolver too, but your english might not be that great to understand it at first. i know i didn't truly understand it at first the first time i watched it.

[Junker]

no one can be bothered reporting it to be moved. piece of advice paulo, if you like those 2, watch Layer Cake. try Revolver too, but your english might not be that great to understand it at first. i know i didn't truly understand it at first the first time i watched it.

I can try to find a subtitled copy then. :D ;)

[Brik@Brak]

Essex Boys is pretty good, The Business is probably slightly better. See them both. (y)


PS
See The Football Factory. One of my favourite films.


The movie "Football Factory" is OK but i prefer the original book of John King