Advantages: Exceptional cast & acting, right pace, tight story & execution Disadvantages: Some would say dated
...google and you should see Brighton Rock in every list. Surprised? At least I was. Of all the Get Carters, Sexy Beasts and Lock Stocks I've come across through the years, I must insist that after watching Brighton Rock, there is something exceptionally endearing about this film.
For one, Richard Attenborough gives a good turn as one of the most villainous characters I've ever seen on screen. True to the Graham Greene novel from which this was based, ... ...mob of Pinkie in gangland Brighton during the pre-war years. His hoodlums get caught in a territorial fight and their positions are threatened by a slip-up involving a messy murder. In steps the innocent waitress Rose (Carol Marsh) who holds the key to the cover-up and Ida (Hermione Baddeley) the nosy old prostitute who threatens to reveal all. As Pinkie's protection racket is undermined by a rival faction, he also faces incrimination for the imperfect ...
habitualdamnation 22.03.2006 (30.03.2006)
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Hard to imagine now but long before Richard Attenborough became Lord Dickie, benevolent ... more
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gang of hoods and ne'er do wells as source material was an obvious advantage, but the Boulting Brothers (John directed, brother Roy produced) still managed to conj...
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
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