Layer Cake (2004) Reviews
- Starring:
- Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, (more)
- Director(s):
- Matthew Vaughn
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Foreign
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful Am not really a fan of this genre, but I really enjoyed Layer Cake. It's easy to see why Craig ended up as Bond from his role in this movie as the cool-headed clever drug dealing middleman. ... Read More Am not really a fan of this genre, but I really enjoyed Layer Cake. It's easy to see why Craig ended up as Bond from his role in this movie as the cool-headed clever drug dealing middleman. Dumbledore is a dirty crime boss! Excellent production all around. Don't know much of Craig before, but as I dig up his old movies, I'm more impressed. He's had a solid run even before the Bond craze. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful Yeah, it has the hip feel of "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock" but it's not much like those movies. The story is intricate and you have to pay attention to follow the double-crossing and back-stabbing. ... Read More Yeah, it has the hip feel of "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock" but it's not much like those movies. The story is intricate and you have to pay attention to follow the double-crossing and back-stabbing. Daniel Craig does a great job as a dealer who hates guns. It was refreshing to see a film of this genre that relied more on storytelling than it did on gunfights and over-the-top action. This is not a movie for fans of Bruckheimer-type action. Good story and you'll be wondering what Jude Law was thinking when he cheated on Cienna Miller. Fool. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful Very British. You need to pay very close attention to what's going on. British accents made it necessary to turn the English subtitles on, even then some of the slang had to be guessed at by the ... Read More Very British. You need to pay very close attention to what's going on. British accents made it necessary to turn the English subtitles on, even then some of the slang had to be guessed at by the context. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful The perfect chaser for cockney gangster yarns that take themselves too seriously. People who don't like this movie probably don't understand its a satire told from a very delusional point of view. ... Read More The perfect chaser for cockney gangster yarns that take themselves too seriously. People who don't like this movie probably don't understand its a satire told from a very delusional point of view. Listen to the intro and ask yourself if you believe a word of it and if the hero follows his own advice...
My biggest problem was that there were too many blink-and-you-miss-it scenes that were vital to the plot. In one scene we had to do a frame by frame to see who got whacked. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful It's not that Layer Cake was a bad movie, in fact there was enough to keep me interested, but this genre has really been pushed to the limits. I couldnt help but feel Id seen it all before. There ... Read More It's not that Layer Cake was a bad movie, in fact there was enough to keep me interested, but this genre has really been pushed to the limits. I couldnt help but feel Id seen it all before. There has to be a better use of British actors other than gangster movies and Victorian period pieces... Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful Its easy to say this movie was hard to understand due to the accents, but in reality the sound in this movie was just poorly dubbed. Loud music bursts with mushy and muted dialog would have made any ... Read More Its easy to say this movie was hard to understand due to the accents, but in reality the sound in this movie was just poorly dubbed. Loud music bursts with mushy and muted dialog would have made any movie, regardless of accents, hard to understand. This made the movie harder to follow then it should have been. Probably the worst Blu-Ray sound dub I have heard yet. I would normally say something more about the movie, but this sound issue was a large reason for my rating. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful There is too much icing on this layer cake for my tastes. This is a decent film. We have all rented movies that are a lot worse then this one. The main character is a London drug dealer. Which in ... Read More There is too much icing on this layer cake for my tastes. This is a decent film. We have all rented movies that are a lot worse then this one. The main character is a London drug dealer. Which in itself seem very out of place for most American. The main character is portrayed by Daniel Craig who is way over his head on this special request by the man at the top. He,Colm Meaney is so unbelievable as the top man, that he almost sinks the movie by his lonesome. Fortunately he doesnt drive the movie, only the plot. This defiantly a better then average middle of the roader that is worth watching, but not much more, This is good filler when your choices seem limited. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful This movie was confusing and I did not care about any of the charactors. The plot was full of parts that did not gel together. I do not see why other people give this a 4 stars. The main character ... Read More This movie was confusing and I did not care about any of the charactors. The plot was full of parts that did not gel together. I do not see why other people give this a 4 stars. The main character at the end of the movie I did not care if he lived or died, but I will say when when he said if you know my name you would be as smart of me and, well lets just say he gets want he desired. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No |
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