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About this movie

Genres:
Crime, Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
1:45:22
Partner rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Daniel Craig XXXX
  2. Dexter Fletcher Cody
  3. Colm Meaney Gene
  4. Kenneth Cranham Jimmy Price
  5. Sienna Miller
  6. Michael Gambon Eddie Temple
  7. George Harris Morty
  8. Jamie Foreman Duke
  9. Tamer Hassan Terry
  10. Ben Whishaw Sidney
  11. Burn Gorman Gazza

Directors

  1. Matthew Vaughn

Producers

  1. Adam Bohling
  2. Matthew Vaughn
  3. David Reid
  4. Claire McGrane

Writers

  1. J.J. Connolly

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Layer Cake

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A mechanic in the British drug trade finds himself caught in the middle of some dangerous circumstances in this crime thriller. XXXX (Daniel Craig) is a nameless go-between in the British mob who buys drugs from underground wholesalers and them sells them to street dealers, keeping the system flowing and making a tidy profit in the process. XXXX is looking forward to getting out of the game, and has displayed both smarts and caution in how he'... A mechanic in the British drug trade finds himself caught in the middle of some dangerous circumstances in this crime thriller. XXXX (Daniel Craig) is a nameless go-between in the British mob who buys drugs from underground wholesalers and them sells them to street dealers, keeping the system flowing and making a tidy profit in the process. XXXX is looking forward to getting out of the game, and has displayed both smarts and caution in how he's handled his business, but before his overseer Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) will let him go, he has a couple of favors that need to be done. First, Eddie Temple (Michael Gambon) is a mob boss whose daughter has gotten hooked on hard drugs and run away from home; Jimmy needs XXXX to find them girl and bring her to him before Eddie's men can get hold of her. Second, Dragan (Dragan Micanovic) is a Ecstasy wholesaler who has had a large shipment stolen by Duke (Jamie Foreman); Jimmy wants XXXX to get the Ecstasy back to Dragan, but Duke isn't eager to sell and Dragan is becoming impatient. Between these two matters, XXXX isn't so sure he'll get out of the business alive, especially after he finds himself falling for Duke's nephew's girlfriend, Tammy (Sienna Miller). Layer Cake marked the directorial debut for Matthew Vaughn, best known as a producer for Guy Ritchie's lad-centric crime movies.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

81%Tomatometer score: 81% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper I like Layer Cake a lot. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    James Berardinelli, ReelViews It's a little bleak, a little twisted, a little gory, and a lot funny. Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Peter Howell, Toronto Star The film is lamentably short of narrative coherence. Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Rick Groen, Globe and Mail The intricate thing dodges and feints and twists this way and turns that way until, by the time of the alleged resolution, we've lost our bearings completely. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel It's almost too much to follow, but the style, proven by Ritchie time and again, is irresistible. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution It has more heft than the Ritchie movies. Full review External link

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