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79 out of 100

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7.0 out of 10

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  • Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone
  • Summary: The story of one man's dangerous journey from peace of mind to paranoid panic when he's lured out of an idyllic retirement back to the gangster life. (Fox Searchlight)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    100
    A vicious horror flick with an actual beast and someone who just acts like one.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    40
    Drove violence to the point of redundancy.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    10
    In the end, I'm wondering what's so special about a film that has but one guilty pleasure and that's Ben Kingsley spraying saliva-lubricated variants of the F-word into the atmosphere like anti-aircraft fire for 10 solid minutes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 37
  3. Negative: 7 out of 37
  1. MichaelB
    10
    Ben Kingsley as Logan and Ray Winstone as Gal are actors at the peak of their careers in this film. The menace just oozes. Never has gangsterism been so scarily real.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. WesM
    10
    Improves with repeated viewings! Kingsley is alright and I understand the praise, but I actually preferred Winstone's performance, though it was probably because his character was just more likable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ryancarroll88
    3
    Ben Kingsley appears to use his role as the psychotic gangster Don Logan purely as an exercise in variety in this crime drama that ends up playing out more like a senseless stage production than a movie. Some suave surrealism and a biting humor keep the film interesting, but not enough to save it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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