| Release Date: | Jun 2000 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Drama / Crime |
| Awards: | 1 win & 9 nominations |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
| Cast: | Malcolm McDowell (Gangster 55), David Thewlis (Freddie Mays), Paul Bettany (Young Gangster) Saffron Burrows (Karen) Kenneth Cranham (Tommy (as Ken Cranham)) Jamie Foreman (Lennie Taylor) Eddie Marsan (Eddie Miller) Andrew Lincoln (Maxie King) Doug Allen (Mad John) Razaaq Adoti (Roland) Cavan Clerkin (Billy) David Kennedy (Fat Charlie) Johnny Harris (Derek) Anton Saunders (Trevor (as Anton Valensi)) Alex McSweeney (Bloke in Tailor's) |
A middle-aged crime boss smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood in Swinging 60's London, he aped his mod boss Freddie Mays, and seemed to do anything for him. But his narration exposes all-consuming envy: of Freddie's supremacy, and especially his tall bird. The baby shark develops his viciousness and backstabbing, scheming to be Gangster No. 1.
