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6 February 2004 (UK) morePlot:
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a good true-crime biography, but a little bit thin on details moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Luke Goss | ... | Charlie Richardson | |
| Steven Berkoff | ... | Charlie Richardson Snr | |
| Leslie Grantham | ... | Richard Waldeck | |
| Anita Dobson | ... | Charlie's Mum | |
| Marius Weyers | ... | Van Den Bergh | |
| Nicole Sherwin | ... | Jean Le Grange | |
| Douglas McFerran | ... | Richard Aubury | |
| Langley Kirkwood | ... | Eddy Richardson | |
| Jeroen Kranenburg | ... | Defence Brief | |
| Mark Arden | ... | Cyril Green | |
| Tony Longhurst | ... | Roy Hall | |
| Chris Curran | ... | Frankie Fraser | |
| Andrew Brent | ... | Jack Duval | |
| Bruce Young | ... | Lucian Harris | |
| Antony Carrick | ... | Justice Lawton |
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Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language and brief drug use.Parents Guide:
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The silver sports car driven by Charlie (Luke Goss) is a Daimler SP250 Dart moreQuotes:
Lucian Harris: Roy Hall turned the handle and the electric charge caused me to leap up out of my chair and fall to the floor. Then they stripped me, bound me, and gagged me, and applied electric shocks to various parts of my body.Prosecution Brief: Why didn't you go to the police?
Lucian Harris: Well, the police are all on Charlie's payroll.
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The strengths of this movie are Luke Goss as the Charlie, and the truth, or at least believability, of the history. The film shifts back and force between Charlie's life as he tells it, and as it is portrayed by the prosecution during his trial. In one version he is respectable thief, stealing primarily from the government, and all-around nice guy. In the other he is a viscous sadist, torturing anyone who displeases him. In both versions he is charming, clever, and competent.
The movie's main weakness is the way that the story skips through small events without ever giving you the big picture. None of the other characters are developed much, and you don't see the progress of his relationships with the other gang members nor how he builds his business. Although the film is only 95 minutes long, it feels longer because it crams so many short scenes in. But because the scenes are disconnected and repetitive, it misses much of the story.
If the film was fiction, I wouldn't have enjoyed it, but as a true story it is fascinating.