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45
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28
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28
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22
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Gangster No. 1
IFC Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, and brief drug use and nudity
Starring
Malcolm McDowell,
David Thewlis,
Paul Bettany,
Saffron Burrows,
Kenneth Cranham,
Jamie Foreman,
Eddie Marsan,
and
Andrew Lincoln
The brutal, mesmerizing story of a deadly battle of wills between a gangland leader and his apprentice, a young man who emulates him to the point of psychosis and beyond. (IFC Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Johnny Ferguson
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Paul McGuigan
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 8, 2002
Video: October 8, 2002
Theatrical: June 14, 2002
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| RUNNING TIME: |
102 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / Germany |
Vision Award in Cinematography, 2000 Los Angeles International Film Festival

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80
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
While you think you're watching just another in a series of British gangster films, you may suddenly realize that you're watching what is, thus far, the year's best horror movie.
80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Taut, corrosive and compelling, Gangster No. 1 has the galvanic appeal of "Little Caesar" and "Scarface" in its full-sized portrait of a brilliant but twisted and savage criminal.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Like almost everything in this clever, brutal and strangely soulful movie, the time and place are accomplished by suggestion.

75
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
There's a touch of second-rate playwriting about it that imparts a flattened feel to the end of an otherwise crackerjack picture.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This conclusion is too pat to be satisfying, but the film has a kind of hard, cold effect.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A canny, derivative, wildly gruesome portrait of a London sociopath who's the scariest of sadists, in part because he's also a very courtly one.

70
Film Threat
Tim Merrill
Works on so many levels that it must be reckoned with. It certainly feels unique, and sets itself apart from most American gangster films in its stark refusal to paint the lead gangster as likable or indeed anything other than the vicious socio-psychopath he is.

70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The psychological underpinnings give this picture a charged emotional atmosphere. The dizzying unspoken feelings between the two men mesh so well that the movie seems to have been worked out like a perverse drawing-room comedy.

70
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's Bettany's portrait of the monster as a young man that rivets attention. So remember the name, or don't. Just watch Bettany strut his stuff. You'll know a star when you see one.

63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The movie's key asset is young Bettany as a worthy successor to the "Clockwork Orange" tradition of McDowell. With Bettany, a star is born, even if his character is horrific.
60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The movie's captivating details are all in the performances, from Foreman's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany/McDowell's hard-eyed gangster, an amoral bottom-feeder with an expedient streak of sadism.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
We're left with a metallic aftertaste.

40
Variety
Derek Elley
Often nastily violent, and defiantly foul-mouthed in a realistic but dramatically unnecessary way, this portrait of a ruthless young hood in '60s London has several fine qualities but dilutes them with disorganized direction.

38
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
See it only for Paul Bettany's performance.

30
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
The actors all function as best they can as glowering clichés, though the narrative's temporal jump presents difficulties.


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