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Layer Cake (2004)

Overall Score: 7 out of 10

Starring: Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, Dexter Fletcher, Jamie Foreman, Michael Gambon, Burn Gorman, Tom Hardy, Tamer Hassan, sally Hawkins, Darren Healy, Nathalie Lunghi, Colm Meaney, Sienna Miller, James O'Donnell, Peter Rnic, Garry Tubbs

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Running Time: 105 minutes

US MPAA rating: N/A
UK BBFC rating: 15
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

While doing the promo rounds for directorial debut 'Layer Cake', Matthew Vaughn has seemed keen to point out that this is NOT a gangster film. He's even got his lead character, played by Daniel Craig, saying it in one of the very first scenes. "I'm not a gangster," he tells us. "I'm a businessman whose commodity happens to be cocaine." Yeah, right. If this isn't a gangster film, I'm Bob Hoskins. And despite the receding hairline and gradually stretching waistband, I'm NOT Bob Hoskins.

Of course, it's not too hard to work out what Vaughn's game is. He's trying to distance himself and his product from the inevitable comparison with the works of cheeky Mockney mate Guy Ritchie. Vaughn was a co-producer on Ritchie's two biggest hits -

It's Got: A shell-suit clad drugsmith called "The Duke", who looks like a bizarre cross between Stan Boardman and David Essex.

It Needs: A few more laughs, and a few less minutes.

Alternatives: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Long Good Friday, South West 9

Summary: Make sure you grab a slice of the cake. Overall Score: 7 out of 10

Review by Gary Panton
Review Date: 23rd October 2004


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Layer Cake at the IMDB

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