This movie is based on a novel with same name by Ken Bruen. The movie starts by showing Mitchell(Colin Farrell) in a prison room. He is released after three years for some crime that he don't even remember completely. He is greeted by Billy Norton (Ben Chaplin). Billy works for a Shady Gangster named Gant(Ray Winstone). Gant is a loan collector and a ruthless crime lord. He wants Mitchell to do some work for him but Mitchell resists because he doesn't want to end up in jail again. In the mean time Mitchell gets a job of guarding a film actress named Charlotte(Keira Knightley) from the Paparazzi. There he met Jordon(David Thewlis) who is a crack-head and use to run some errands for Charlotte in her home. Charlotte is a sadist and she confined herself in her home where she lives with her painting. She hates being in front of camera flashes and newspaper.Mitchell starts to fall in love with her but he can never truly escape his violent past or the dangerous world of loan sharks, druggies, and other bottom-feeders.
The movie is directed by William Monahan making his first directorial debut.The cast is extra-ordinary. The movie has action romance and drama in it. Although it is not perfectly balanced film but still it is worth watching.
The movie is directed by William Monahan making his first directorial debut.The cast is extra-ordinary. The movie has action romance and drama in it. Although it is not perfectly balanced film but still it is worth watching.