When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
"The art of good business is being a good middleman."
Top Billed Cast
Daniel Craig
XXXX
Sienna Miller
Tammy
Tom Hardy
Clarkie
Colm Meaney
Gene
George Harris
Morty
Sally Hawkins
Slasher
Kenneth Cranham
Jimmy Price
Jamie Foreman
Duke
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2015-04-27
I'm not a gangster, just a businessman. And my commodity happens to be cocaine.
With a considerable amount of cash saved from his, ahem, dealings. A London drug dealer is all set to retire abroad and start a new life. However his mob boss Jimmy Price has two jobs for him to do immediately...
Layer Cake is directed by Matthew Vaughn. Vaughn is more well known as Guy Ritchie's producer on his early British gangster genre forays. Suffice to say he had some insight into what made those films {Snatch et al} hugely popular with the watching British public. How pleasing it is then to say that V...
R r96skVerified TMDB Critic
2024-05-25
Absolutely tremendous!
I haven't got much <em>(edit: five paragraphs later...)</em> to say about <em>'Layer Cake'</em>, but that's only because it's simply one of those movies that is undeniably outstanding, to the point it's plain and simple that it requires little explanation. I had heard this bandied about down the years as being arguably Daniel Craig's best, though that is all that I knew about it.
What a film! I knew it was one of my favourites because I got goosebumps as soon as the credits rolled as I processed it and that only happens for the movies I adore. Going back to Craig, ...
