1/10
Just a load of blokes mucking around with their birds and nothing more.
22 July 2005
This is a terrible film: a very bad rip-off of 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' but I suppose if you liked that film you might, conceivably, like this one: might, I say so don't take it as a recommendation.

'Love, Honour and Obey' is very badly directed by the two directors Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis – maybe this is a case of too many directors?

For instance the first time you see the character Maureen, played by Denise Van Outen you just see the back of her head' - maybe she couldn't make it in that day and they used a double but the film is peppered with such annoying shots; this is just bad coverage.

Fat Alan gets stabbed then when he stands outside by a gate he suffers for a while, then the shot fades then comes up again to see him later on suffering more then it fades again and comes back again. What was that all about? The fading technique happens later in the film too when Ray has a scene with his mother and in other places.

There is a scene where the gang dress as Arab sheiks so they can go and view diamonds in an up market hotel. On the way to the hotel each of the gang takes a Viagra tablet so that when the man selling the diamond - or whatever it was - arrives he is faced with the Arab sheiks sitting around with huge erections – also using their London accents, by the way, so it became clear that the only reason they were dressed that way was to show the erections.

Another time one member of the gang is advising his pal how to bring some spice into his sex life and to do this he gets him to strap on a dildo and make love – for the want of a better phrase – to a rubber doll. Then the doll runs out of wind just in time for someone to come in the door and surprise them – talk about contrived!

Unless I am very much mistaken there are no police in this film. They didn't come anywhere near the long gun fight half way through.

JonnyLee Miller plays Jonny a postman – he calls himself a courier. Jude Law plays Jude and Ray Winstone plays – you guessed it – Ray. Ray is Jude's uncle and is a gangland boss. Jonny wants to be in the gang so he asks Jude for an introduction and the movie goes down hill from there.

There are some good actors in this film but they're not very good in it - they just do a lot of shouting so much so that you can hear their voices squeaking when they try and laugh – it's unbelievable that such a film could even be made as it really is just a load of blokes mucking around with their birds and nothing more. If you want to see a good London film, with good acting, don't go and see this one – go see 'Layer Cake.'
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