The new addition to the X-Men saga is directed by Matthew Vaughn, previously responsible for an eclectic mix of stunning cinema — British crime thriller complete with
cockney gangsters (2004's «Layer Cake»), star - studded fantasy epic (2007's «Stardust») and, in a different direction altogether, surprisingly excellent comic - book adaptation (2010's «Kick - Ass.»)
Having a better cast than usual doesn't stop this effort descending into stereotypical
cockney gangster rubbish.
Here, Law plays the muttonchopped, egotistical
Cockney gangster of the film's title — a self - aggrandizing thug who speaks of himself often in florid monologue.
Not exact matches
If you hate zombies and East End
gangster movies,
Cockneys vs Zombies will wreck those prejudices.
Terence Stamp has the ability to play a hard - edge mo - fo like any of the best of
cockney slanged
gangsters, but he also brings a goofiness, a loose charm, and sly wit to his performances that make for a unique performances.
The rogues» gallery includes Stalin himself (played by Adrian McLoughlin, with a slight
Cockney accent and an attitude that instantly makes one think of a
gangster), the head of the Soviet Communist Party in Moscow Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the head of the Soviet secret police Lavrenti Beria (a great Simon Russell Beale, seeing Beria's nab for power under a guise of being the unlikely «good guy»).
«Legend» This crime thriller about the rise and fall of the twin English
gangsters Ronald and Reggie Kray stars Tom Hardy and, well, Tom Hardy: The actor plays both brothers, who ran London's underworld in the 1960s with
Cockney accents and smart suits.
This
cockney accented
gangster story of shoot outs and deception was just begging to be made into a full on action experience, and its all too short playing time left people wanting more.
The star of the show is The London Heist, which feels like starring in a short
gangster movie filled with tense shootouts and
cockney expletives.