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Post by hi224 on Jan 16, 2020 19:47:17 GMT
anyone?.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jan 16, 2020 19:55:40 GMT
The Krays
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 16, 2020 20:32:28 GMT
Gangster #1 (2000). Paul Bettany as Younger Gangster and Malcolm McDowell as Older Gangster.
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 16, 2020 20:55:44 GMT
Get Carter
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 16, 2020 21:05:14 GMT
Another vote for The Krays. Another film, Legend (2015), looks at the same actual brothers but I haven't seen it.
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Post by marshamae on Jan 16, 2020 21:25:53 GMT
BRIGHTON ROCK- maybe more like M than a gangster film but Richard Attenborrough’s early career as a nut job killer is worth seeing.
Another one is Dulcimer Street , also known as LONDON BELONGS TO ME. In addition to Attenborough, you have a delicious Alastair Sim performance.
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Post by Sulla on Jan 16, 2020 22:13:03 GMT
Legend (2015) - Didn't know there's another film, The Krays. I'll see if I can get it.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 16, 2020 22:29:41 GMT
"Do you know the Beatles?"
"No, but they know us."
– The Krays
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 16, 2020 22:31:19 GMT
Though maybe not a gangster flik per se, but there is plenty of hooliganism in "Green Street Hooligans"
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 16, 2020 22:35:29 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 16, 2020 22:35:46 GMT
Haven't seen it but The Long Good Friday is well spoken of. Same with Mona Lisa. Both have the inestimable Bob Hoskins.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 16, 2020 22:48:05 GMT
Richard Burton:
"Stupid punters. Watch the telly all week, screw the wife on Saturdays."
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 16, 2020 22:48:41 GMT
Haven't seen it but The Long Good Friday is well spoken of. Same with Mona Lisa. Both have the inestimable Bob Hoskins. possibly 2 of the best....why didn't I think of them?
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Post by london777 on Jan 16, 2020 23:14:54 GMT
We don't really do gangster films because we are a very law-abiding nation, but a few have crept under the net.
A class ahead of anything else are Get Carter (1971) dir: Mike Hodges and The Long Good Friday (1980) dir: John Mackenzie, both recently discussed on this board, so I will not say more other than to note that the main appeal of both films is that they are set against a background of social change in the UK (redevelopment of Newcastle and London Docklands respectively), an ongoing process which has left the traditional working-class disorientated and betrayed, and culminated in the recent General Election. Also both could be described as neo-noirs, in that the protagonists both arrogantly assume that they can handle anything thrown at them, but do not understand the forces with which they are contending, so hurry to their own destruction.
Also worth a look are Layer Cake (2004) dir: Matthew Vaughn, and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) both directed by Guy Ritchie before he went mad and married Madonna. "Layer Cake" attempts the same themes as the two best movies, while the two Ritchies are laddish (though violent) comedy-capers with lots of misunderstandings as numerous factions compete for the McGuffins. I have a weakness for mistaken identity comedies, from Shakespeare thru Alan Ayckbourn.
Also watch Sexy Beast (2000) dir: Jonathan Glazer for a terrifying performance by Ben Kingsley as a psycho criminal in an otherwise forgettable movie.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 16, 2020 23:15:45 GMT
Another vote for The Krays. Another film, Legend (2015), looks at the same actual brothers but I haven't seen it. Pretty solid. Tom Hardy kills it.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jan 16, 2020 23:18:03 GMT
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Post by sostie on Jan 16, 2020 23:22:51 GMT
Haven't seen it but The Long Good Friday is well spoken of. Same with Mona Lisa. Both have the inestimable Bob Hoskins. Long Good Friday is amazing. Mona Lisa nearly as great. Both elevated to another level by Hoskins Get Carter Gangster #1 Villain Brighton Rock Sexy Beast Rocknrolla Snatch Layer Cake
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 17, 2020 0:27:05 GMT
Get Carter (1971) Brighton Rock (1948) Hell Is a City (1960) Robbery (1967) The Criminal (1960) Night and the City (1950) Eastern Promises (2007) Never Let Go (1960) Violent Playground (1958) Love, Honour and Obey (2000) McVicar (1980) The Long Good Friday (1980) Mona Lisa (1986) Legend (2015) The Long Haul (1957) Villain (1971) The Krays (1990) Sexy Beast (2000) Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Layer Cake (2004) Rocknrolla (2008) Snatch (2000) In Bruges (2008)
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Post by teleadm on Jan 17, 2020 18:53:29 GMT
The Long Good Friday 1980 The Criminal 1960 Robbery 1967
Never warmed up to Get Carter 1972 though
The Michael Caine movie Shiner 2000 is worth a look too. Where he play a low-life boxing promoter, who's world is crumbling.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jan 17, 2020 19:13:58 GMT
The Long Good Friday
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