Layer Cake!!

[hornetrider]

Teppic]XXXX: [over the phone said:

Dragan?
Dragan: Yes.
XXXX: I've got an idea... Why don't you come 'round for breakfast? I'll squeeze some orange juice and grind some coffee and we can talk about this like adults. How's that sound?
Dragan: Sounds very hospitable.
XXXX: Do you know where I live?
Dragan: No.
XXXX: Well, fk off then.
[hangs up]

Brilliant

[Oakey]

Viva La Madness was released at the end of last year, no plans so far for a film.

[DocJock]

DanDC5 said:

What happened to the sequel that was supposed to be being made?

And the sequel to Rock n Rolla actually?

Guy Ritchie has said Rock n Rolla 2 will have to wait until he has a gap in his schedule.

[Rich_W]

jaybirduk said:

What a rather annoying ending. Forgot he got shot

Vaughan wanted a drive off into the sunset one. But Sony overuled him.

It's not a the worst ending tbh.


(Spoilers irrelvant. The film is 2004!)

[Jw Vw]

muppets_mate said:

"You're born, you take st
Get out in the world, you take more st
Climb a bit higher, take less st
Till one day you're up in the rarified atmosphere and you've forgotten what st even looks like

Welcome to the Layer Cake son."

I have the film on DVD and never tire of watching it




Edit: it was a recommendation from PH that put in on my radar originally!

Gambon was awesome in Layer Cake - great film.

Edited by muppets_mate on Monday 12th March 00:20

[P-Jay]

I know everyone says this, but the book is better.

Morty is better in it.

Clarkie is completely different and faaar more believable than a plumy Cambridge educated gangster.

Doesn't mean I didn't like it, just I think it got tailored for the American market. I don't suspect an innocent Yank tourist getting his head blown off in the middle of a park in London would have gone down too well, made for a hell of a twist first time I saw the film though!

Viva La Madness is pretty good, perhaps not quite a good as Layer Cake, can't see if being made though, not with DC anyway, he's got a bit big for it now.

I fear 'The Real Rocknroller' will go the same way - smallish UK based film, with a suitably small UK budget with Gerard Butler, Edris Elba and Tom Hardy & Guy Richie - simply getting their diaries lined up would be a huge task.

[SWoll]

DocJock said:

Guy Ritchie has said Rock n Rolla 2 will have to wait until he has a gap in his schedule.

Blame the success of Sherlock Holmes for that. As soon as the first one did a lot better than expected at the BO he was told to drop everything and get the sequel made. Don't mind, really enjoyed both.

On the subject of LC, enjoyed it but thought it was a little overrated and I've never been a fan of Sienna. Seen her in the flesh and was rather dissapointed TBH. Nothing special IMO.

[Ki3r]

Layer Cake is one of my favourite films. Need to buy it again as my disc doesn't play the start .

[billzeebub]

really enjoyed watching Layer Cake, and have done several times. An excellent cast and very slick. London Boulevard is a film with a similar ending. The premise being that whilst you are being clever sorting out the big fish, it is the little tiddler that sneaks under the radar and ultimately beats you..

..the most dangerous thing in the world is taking people too lightly and thinking they cannot possibly be a threat to you.

[Prawo Jazdy]

I didn't realise Tom Hardy was in this until I saw it the other night. I love how Gambon's little bits of advice sound like they've been lifted from one of his HSBC adverts. I wonder if he was picked for those partly as a result of this film?

[JB!]

billzeebub said:

really enjoyed watching Layer Cake, and have done several times. An excellent cast and very slick. London Boulevard is a film with a similar ending. The premise being that whilst you are being clever sorting out the big fish, it is the little tiddler that sneaks under the radar and ultimately beats you..

..the most dangerous thing in the world is taking people too lightly and thinking they cannot possibly be a threat to you.

London Boulevard is a completely crap film IMHO.

I love gangster flicks and i hated that.

[BarnatosGhost]

Ozmira said:

Zaxxon said:

I have been to a christmas do in that building and have walked up those steps, it is near Slough.

its Stoke Park Club. Goldfinger and Tomorrow Never Dies were also filmed there.

Stoke Park and Stoke Park. Two very different places. One of the all-time great satnav cock-ups, that one.

[elster]

BarnatosGhost said:

Ozmira said:

Zaxxon said:

I have been to a christmas do in that building and have walked up those steps, it is near Slough.

its Stoke Park Club. Goldfinger and Tomorrow Never Dies were also filmed there.

Stoke Park and Stoke Park. Two very different places. One of the all-time great satnav cock-ups, that one.

Huh?

Stoke Park Club is near Slough, or am I missing something

[BarnatosGhost]

elster said:

BarnatosGhost said:

Ozmira said:

Zaxxon said:

I have been to a christmas do in that building and have walked up those steps, it is near Slough.

its Stoke Park Club. Goldfinger and Tomorrow Never Dies were also filmed there.

Stoke Park and Stoke Park. Two very different places. One of the all-time great satnav cock-ups, that one.

Huh?

Stoke Park Club is near Slough, or am I missing something

Nah, turns out Stoke Park is very close to Stoke. Very close indeed.

Frequently leads to very late, very tired and very grumpy yuppies stepping out of their cars and staring with bafflement at the bottle kilns and normal people.

[Oakey]

billzeebub said:

really enjoyed watching Layer Cake, and have done several times. An excellent cast and very slick. London Boulevard is a film with a similar ending. The premise being that whilst you are being clever sorting out the big fish, it is the little tiddler that sneaks under the radar and ultimately beats you..

..the most dangerous thing in the world is taking people too lightly and thinking they cannot possibly be a threat to you.

Yeah, just when you think he's going to get away and live a happy life with the girl, Benny Blanco from the Bronx turns up and irons him out.

[limpsfield]

BarnatosGhost said:

yuppies

How are things in the 80s? Flock of seagulls still going?

[Rich_W]

Oakey said:

Yeah, just when you think he's going to get away and live a happy life with the girl, Benny Blanco from the Bronx turns up and irons him out.

When you can't see the angles no more, you're in trouble, baby

[billzeebub]

Oakey said:

billzeebub said:

really enjoyed watching Layer Cake, and have done several times. An excellent cast and very slick. London Boulevard is a film with a similar ending. The premise being that whilst you are being clever sorting out the big fish, it is the little tiddler that sneaks under the radar and ultimately beats you..

..the most dangerous thing in the world is taking people too lightly and thinking they cannot possibly be a threat to you.

Yeah, just when you think he's going to get away and live a happy life with the girl, Benny Blanco from the Bronx turns up and irons him out.

Carlitos Way great film

[billzeebub]

JB! said:

billzeebub said:

really enjoyed watching Layer Cake, and have done several times. An excellent cast and very slick. London Boulevard is a film with a similar ending. The premise being that whilst you are being clever sorting out the big fish, it is the little tiddler that sneaks under the radar and ultimately beats you..

..the most dangerous thing in the world is taking people too lightly and thinking they cannot possibly be a threat to you.

London Boulevard is a completely crap film IMHO.

I love gangster flicks and i hated that.

You are probably right about that as I very much trust your judgement with the car you drive!..but I liked Lon Boul..maybe I am just easily pleased..or maybe it was just the presence of Keira Knightley that clouded my judgement. I thought the soundtrack was epic, and Ray playing up as the Psycotic gangster always gets my vote

[BE57 TOY]

LC & LB are both awesome films.