Legend
Director: Brian Helgeland
Synopsis
The story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
Review by @reelreviewer
Ahh, the halcyon days of the East End of London in the 1960's! When trouble was always in the next street and one could leave one's front door open without fear of their home being ransacked.
Probably because the local louts had their ears nailed to a table whilst being shot at point blank range by the deranged 'neighbourhood watch' team, of which the Kray twins were the glamorous centre of.
As both twins, Tom Hardy is more than just brutalistic backbone, he is electrifying, terrifying and gripping, as well as being incredibly funny (the Kray's were known for their mordant humour, it seems).
The piece works best as a psychologically nuanced character study of these incredibly violent men and, despite the sense of sameness and some longueurs, writer/director Helgeland's almost-hagiography works graphically well.
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Cast & credits
Producers: Tim Bevan, Chris Clark, Quentin Curtis, Eric Fellner, Brian Oliver. Writer: Brian Helgeland. Camera: Dick Pope. Music: Carter Burwell. Sets: Tom Conroy.
Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Bettany, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Colin Morgan, Paul Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Chazz Palminteri, Tara Fitzgerald, Kevin McNally, Sam Spruell.
