Layer Cake
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Director:Matthew Vaughn
Studio:Sony Pictures
Rating:4
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-12-04
Last Seen:2018-01-01
Purchased On:2006-04-12
ASIN:B0009X7BDC
UPC:0043396108899
Price:19.94
Genre:Gangsters
Location:0368
Duration:105
Picture Format:Widescreen
Sound:AC-3
Features:Dubbed
Subtitled
Custom 1:Copied
Matthew Vaughn  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
Daniel Craig  ...  
Tom Hardy  ...  
Jamie Foreman  ...  
Sally Hawkins  ...  
Burn Gorman  ...  
George Harris (II)  ...  
Tamer Hassan  ...  
Colm Meaney  ...  
Marcel Iures  ...  
Francis Magee  ...  
Dimitri Andreas  ...  
Kenneth Cranham  ...  
Garry Tubbs  ...  
Nathalie Lunghi  ...  
Marvin Benoit  ...  
Rab Affleck  ...  
Dexter Fletcher  ...  
Steve John Shepherd  ...  
Ben Whishaw  ...  
Sienna Miller  ...  
Summary: As its title suggests, Layer Cake is a crime thriller that cuts into several levels of its treacherous criminal underworld. The title is actually one character's definition of the drug-trade hierarchy, but it's also an apt metaphor for the separate layers of deception, death, and betrayal experienced by the film's unnamed protagonist, a cocaine traffic middle-man played with smooth appeal by Daniel Craig (rumored at the time of this film's release to be on the short list for consideration as the next James Bond). Listed in the credits only as "XXXX," the character is trapped into doing a favor for his volatile boss, only to have tables turned by his boss's boss (Michael Gambon) in a twisting plot involving a stolen shipment of Ecstasy, a missing girl, duplicitous dealers, murderous Serbian gangsters, and a variety of lowlifes with their own deadly agendas. As adapted by J.J. Connolly (from his own novel) and directed by Matthew Vaughan (who earned his genre chops as producer of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch), Layer Cake improves upon those earlier British gangland hits with assured pacing, intelligent plotting, and an admirable emphasis on plot-moving dialogue over routine action. Sure, it's violent (that's to be expected) and not always involving, but it's smarter than most thrillers, and Vaughan's directorial debut has a confident style that's flashy without being flamboyant. This could be the start of an impressive career. --Jeff Shannon