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www.iofilm.co.uk - : Writer/director David Caesar indulges in pop vidual camera showy-offness, which disturbs the tranquillity of watching your standard bent copper and home-grown villains deal with the arrival of Yank Mafia hoods (John Goodman, Felix Williamson) on their patch. The intrinsic cynicism of the script keeps getting hammered by visual hows-your-fathers, when all it needs is a clear, clean run at the tough guys. more...
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www.reelfilm.com - : The crime genre got a huge boost about a decade ago, with the release of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Since then, we've been inundated with a variety of flicks in a similar vein - with the majority of them either pale imitations of Tarantino's film or wallowing in their own style. Last year's Gangster No. 1, a British crime film, had a great sense of direction but not much else. This year's hot import comes from Australia, and while it's still not quite up to the level of something like Reservoir Dogs, it's certainly an improvement over some of the more recent genre films we've been subjected to. more...
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