Jamie (a fearsome name for a contract killer) works for the famous ones from Spandau Ballet, because they were The Krays, a unique selling point for the film.
They ask Jamie to kill a business man who went back on some land deal, because, it will lose them potentially millions. So Jamie treads the streets of London, in his huge crash helmet, waiting for the business man to get back to his hotel. After he does the deed, he realises that the business man was the father of the stripper he had a bit of a fancy for the night before, proceeded to have a bit of 'cheeky cheeky' with her, and then fell in love.
Now, the Krays want her dead too, so he pretends to it, hides her, and in turn, they get a bit suspicious of him........
Dyers last film, Vendetta, in my opinion, was a neat little revenge thriller, and after the drivel that were Run For Your Wife, and Deviation, it was such a step up, and this looked, on paper albeit, to continue in that vein.
Plus it had the Kemps in it, which is never a bad thing.
But, Eastenders happened, and Dyer could not look more bored and unattached if he tried. I don't know whether his motivation for a stone cold killer is to show literally no emotion at all during the film, but this is taking it beyond another level, he appears to be under some very heavy sedation, and if it were not for the Kemps, I would have done the cardinal sin of movie watching, I would have turned it off.
It doesn't help that Dyer has some dire support, his girlfriend is pretty bad in this, but she is Laurence Olivier compared to her friends performance. My 15 month son could have put in a more convincing performance.
And we are led to believe that after he leaves London for, wait for it, Brighton, and work at a hook a duck stall, adds insult to an already almost incomprehensible narrative.
But, the Kemps are fantastic, and still have the chemistry they did in The Krays ( you'd expect it seeing that they are brothers), but the film is immensely watchable whenever they are on screen, which isn't for long, sadly.
When a plot point that sends Jamie berserk happens, you know the film is struggling when you shout 'thank goodness for that', rather than gasp in shock.
It's a huge misstep for Dyer, and I do like his films for their throwaway wide boy schtick, but this is bad, really bad.
Last filmmaking, lazy performances, but on the plus side, it makes you feel like an adequate filmmaker....
They ask Jamie to kill a business man who went back on some land deal, because, it will lose them potentially millions. So Jamie treads the streets of London, in his huge crash helmet, waiting for the business man to get back to his hotel. After he does the deed, he realises that the business man was the father of the stripper he had a bit of a fancy for the night before, proceeded to have a bit of 'cheeky cheeky' with her, and then fell in love.
Now, the Krays want her dead too, so he pretends to it, hides her, and in turn, they get a bit suspicious of him........
Dyers last film, Vendetta, in my opinion, was a neat little revenge thriller, and after the drivel that were Run For Your Wife, and Deviation, it was such a step up, and this looked, on paper albeit, to continue in that vein.
Plus it had the Kemps in it, which is never a bad thing.
But, Eastenders happened, and Dyer could not look more bored and unattached if he tried. I don't know whether his motivation for a stone cold killer is to show literally no emotion at all during the film, but this is taking it beyond another level, he appears to be under some very heavy sedation, and if it were not for the Kemps, I would have done the cardinal sin of movie watching, I would have turned it off.
It doesn't help that Dyer has some dire support, his girlfriend is pretty bad in this, but she is Laurence Olivier compared to her friends performance. My 15 month son could have put in a more convincing performance.
And we are led to believe that after he leaves London for, wait for it, Brighton, and work at a hook a duck stall, adds insult to an already almost incomprehensible narrative.
But, the Kemps are fantastic, and still have the chemistry they did in The Krays ( you'd expect it seeing that they are brothers), but the film is immensely watchable whenever they are on screen, which isn't for long, sadly.
When a plot point that sends Jamie berserk happens, you know the film is struggling when you shout 'thank goodness for that', rather than gasp in shock.
It's a huge misstep for Dyer, and I do like his films for their throwaway wide boy schtick, but this is bad, really bad.
Last filmmaking, lazy performances, but on the plus side, it makes you feel like an adequate filmmaker....