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Rancid Aluminum

Original title: Rancid Aluminium
  • 20002000
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
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3.5/10
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Joseph Fiennes, Tara Fitzgerald, and Rhys Ifans in Rancid Aluminum (2000)
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Pete in London inherits a company. The ambitious accountant makes a deal with a Russian mafia boss. The Russian wants hard currency and grand-kids but kills his daughter's lovers. His daught... Read allPete in London inherits a company. The ambitious accountant makes a deal with a Russian mafia boss. The Russian wants hard currency and grand-kids but kills his daughter's lovers. His daughter needs an Englishman like Sir Francis Drake.Pete in London inherits a company. The ambitious accountant makes a deal with a Russian mafia boss. The Russian wants hard currency and grand-kids but kills his daughter's lovers. His daughter needs an Englishman like Sir Francis Drake.
IMDb RATING
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1.1K
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    • Edward Thomas
    • James Hawes(book)
  • Stars
    • Joseph Fiennes
    • Rhys Ifans
    • Tara Fitzgerald
    • Edward Thomas
    • James Hawes(book)
  • Stars
    • Joseph Fiennes
    • Rhys Ifans
    • Tara Fitzgerald
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    • 41User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Olegar Fedoro and Rhys Ifans in "Rancid Aluminium" (2000)
    Olegar Fedoro and Steven Berkoff in "Rancid Aluminium" (2000)
    Rancid Aluminum (2000)
    Joseph Fiennes, Tara Fitzgerald, and Rhys Ifans in Rancid Aluminum (2000)
    Joseph Fiennes, Tara Fitzgerald, and Rhys Ifans in Rancid Aluminum (2000)
    Joseph Fiennes, Tara Fitzgerald, and Rhys Ifans in Rancid Aluminum (2000)
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    Joseph Fiennes
    Joseph Fiennes
    • Sean Deeny
    Rhys Ifans
    Rhys Ifans
    • Pete Thompson
    Tara Fitzgerald
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    • Masha
    Sadie Frost
    Sadie Frost
    • Sarah Thompson
    Steven Berkoff
    Steven Berkoff
    • Mr Kant
    Keith Allen
    Keith Allen
    • Dr Jones
    Dani Behr
    Dani Behr
    • Charlie
    Andrew Howard
    Andrew Howard
    • Trevor
    Nick Moran
    Nick Moran
    • Harry
    Olegar Fedoro
    Olegar Fedoro
    • Mr Kant's bodyguard
    • (as Olegario Fedoro)
    Barry Foster
    Barry Foster
    • Doctor
    Brian Hibbard
    • Giovanni
    Steve Speirs
    Steve Speirs
    • BMW Man
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    Joshua Richards
    • Police Officer
    Mariusz Czajka
    Mariusz Czajka
    • Mittelmaier
    Robert Brzezinski
    • Malenkov
    Katarzyna Trzcinska
    • Prostitute
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    Ryszard Janikowski
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      • Edward Thomas
      • James Hawes(book)
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    • Trivia
      The last film of Barry Foster.
    • Quotes

      Mr Kant: The swallows have turned to bats.

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    User reviews41

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    I demand an hour and a half of my life back
    First of all, I should've known better than to go to see a film that was being flyposted around London with a recommendation from The Daily Star emblazoned at the top of it. Second of all, the only reason I went at all was because my girlfriend was in a post-Shakespeare In Love Joseph Fiennes phase.

    And oh dear god it's bad. It doesn't help that it makes absolutely no sense, mainly due to some of the most jarring cuts I've ever seen outside a GCSE film project. One scene in particular threw me entirely when Rhys Ifans' character was in London one minute, being vaguely threatened by some cliched heavy, but once I'd glanced away for a second (probably checking my watch) I looked up to find that he was suddenly in Russia, being sneered at by some different cliched heavies. Elsewhere the editing is seriously misguided - several times the film lingers on pointless scenes featuring female flesh, while seemingly integral plot points are rushed through, patched together unsatisfactorily by a hammy voiceover.

    Both Fiennes and Ifans - actors I rate - are quite terrible, but words can only hint at how appalling Steven Berkoff is in this film. He pretty much only says one word (several times) - "Beeeeeeeezneeeeeeesss", and every time he did I couldn't help but think that he was gradually making his villain in Rambo 3 seem like an acting tour de force.

    I've never once walked out on a film before. I'm clearly too stubborn - we were the only two people that DIDN'T walk out at the screening we attended. Comfortably the worst film I have ever paid so endure.
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    • lutewhine
    • Mar 28, 2004

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    • Release date
      • January 21, 2000 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Skierniewice, Lódzkie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Entertainment Film Distributors
      • Ballpark Productions Partnership
      • Fiction Factory
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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