Layer Cake

Name: Layer Cake
Released: 2004-10-1
Cast: Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Jamie Foreman

Layer Cake

R
1h 45m
2004

80%

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Planning to retire and begin a new life, Mr. X (Daniel Craig, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), a successful West End drug dealer, has been asked for one last favor: to negotiate the sale of one million hits of Ecstasy. Unfortunately for Mr. X, the pills were stolen from a Serbian drug lord who'll cut off his head if he sells them. And with a London crime czar (Michael Gambon, Open Range & The Insider) promising to retire him permanently if he doesn't, Mr. X may be rightfully concerned about his future. Nothing worth losing his head over.

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Producer:

Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling, David Reid

Writer:

J.J. Connolly

Cast:

Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Jamie Foreman, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon

FEATURES

Alternate Endings

Deleted Scenes

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Critics Consensus: A stylized, electric British crime thriller.

Reviews

Decider

Johnny Loftus

Daniel Craig is cool and compelling.

As well as a marvellous scenario that boasts more twists and turns than a rollercoaster, Vaughn has also assembled a terrific cast.

Violence, language, drugs in British noir crime movie.

It's mediocre, inane, superficial technique - coupled with a grossly saturated soundtrack - all for no discernible dramatic effect.

November 12, 2018

FULL REVIEW

London Evening Standard

Will Self

Layer Cake features all the doublecrosses, grasses and reversals of fortune that come as standard to the genre, but it is lifted by the uniformly excellent cast, the snide intelligence of the script, and the effortless pace of Vaughn's direction.

December 27, 2017

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