I'm a huge fan of UK crime dramas, thrillers etc. Guy Ritchie is one of my top directors. I'm used to this gritty, almost black & white feel to everything but the worst thing about this movie was Katie Jarvis! I couldn't stand her accent, (was that cockney?), her attitude or even looking at her! All the way thru the movie I kept wishing for someone to just shoot her! And I love all UK accents, including cockney but hers was like taking sandpaper to an open cut!
I had to laugh at one of the reviews here which stated how excellent Cicely Tyson's acting was, as Margaret! LOL! I don't know if it was a typo or if they really thot she was in this movie! The only ones who I did like & who i wanted to live, were the old security guy, who was actually doing his job & then trying to help Finn & Finn himself. They both acted well & came off as likeable humans. As for the rest of the cast there was no distinction between good (cops) & bad (criminals). If the big mob guy, Tommy, was borrowing money from DI Clark, then she had to have been a dirty cop, as well as Det. Ford.
As for Barry, it was basically his fault George was killed! He was too busy screwing the hooker to be bothered with George's calls for help so of course I don't like him! Teddy? Well, he was an idiot. Why he didn't just grab the gun from Zoe after he shot her up I'll never know. Instead he let's her stagger after him, firing wildly. It was just luck she never hit him. And how many bullets were in that gun anyway???
Margaret, sure she was driven by grief & not knowing what happened to her son but to trust a junkie tramp? She went too far with cutting Finn's finger off but she kind of redeemed herself by trying to help him in the end. I kind of wanted her to get away but she was too slow.
I did like the way everyone ended up dead in the end & since they were, I was even ok with Barry & the hooker ending up with a lot of the money........or did they???
I had to laugh at one of the reviews here which stated how excellent Cicely Tyson's acting was, as Margaret! LOL! I don't know if it was a typo or if they really thot she was in this movie! The only ones who I did like & who i wanted to live, were the old security guy, who was actually doing his job & then trying to help Finn & Finn himself. They both acted well & came off as likeable humans. As for the rest of the cast there was no distinction between good (cops) & bad (criminals). If the big mob guy, Tommy, was borrowing money from DI Clark, then she had to have been a dirty cop, as well as Det. Ford.
As for Barry, it was basically his fault George was killed! He was too busy screwing the hooker to be bothered with George's calls for help so of course I don't like him! Teddy? Well, he was an idiot. Why he didn't just grab the gun from Zoe after he shot her up I'll never know. Instead he let's her stagger after him, firing wildly. It was just luck she never hit him. And how many bullets were in that gun anyway???
Margaret, sure she was driven by grief & not knowing what happened to her son but to trust a junkie tramp? She went too far with cutting Finn's finger off but she kind of redeemed herself by trying to help him in the end. I kind of wanted her to get away but she was too slow.
I did like the way everyone ended up dead in the end & since they were, I was even ok with Barry & the hooker ending up with a lot of the money........or did they???