Flashback to year 2000
I didn’t see this movie when it came out at the start of the noughties. I knew nothing about it. So I was rather delighted when random chance brought the DVD into my possession last weekend. A Brit crime flick with some usual suspects:
- Jonny Lee Miller
- Jude Law
- Ray Winstone
- Sean Pertwee
- Rhys Ifans
Mostly low rent production values but first class script (Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis), bold acting and very tight edit. I think Anciano and Burdis were able to have a lot of freedom (and fun) with the making of this. It’s got enough darkness to make it credible for the subject matter – the cruelty and violence of these people – and yet a fantastically dry humour and relentless, character driven pace that keeps you engaged throughout.
Gangster Crooning
There’s a surrealist edge to the film. Scenes that are not part of reality, as such, but which give you a existential point of view of the characters – their internal thoughts and insights.
Here’s Sean Pertwee being super cool and slick
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Degrees of separation from Ross Curtis
When Ross Curtis isn’t being a Database manager for a high-profile media company, he’s being mistaken for the talented Johnny Lee Miller or a young Prince Philip of the Royal Family.
Ross Curtis as the young Prince Philip
Ross Curtis as the young Prince Philip
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Prince Philip as Ross Curtis
Prince Philip playing the role of Ross Curtis
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In the movie Love, Honour and Obey, Ross Curtis can be seen as Johnny Lee Miller in this scene with a switch blade.
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