Based on the life of real-life British gang boss, Charlie Richardson, who, along with his brother, Eddy, ruled the criminal underworld of South London in the early 1960s, the story charts what happens when Charlie gets involved with a South African businessman Richard Waldeck... Read more
| Starring | Luke Goss, Steven Berkoff, Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson |
|---|---|
| Director | Malcolm Needs |
| Genres | Drama |
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Based on the life of real-life British gang boss, Charlie Richardson, who, along with his brother, Eddy, ruled the criminal underworld of South London in the early 1960s, the story charts what happens when Charlie gets involved with a South African businessman Richard Waldeck...
| Starring | Luke Goss, Steven Berkoff, Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson |
|---|---|
| Director | Malcolm Needs |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Jul 2004 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
Former Spandau Ballet stars Gary and Martin Kemp famously played Ronnie and Reggie in Peter Medak's intelligent crime drama, The Krays. Here, one-time Bros sensation Luke Goss takes on the role of Charlie Richardson, the gang boss who terrorised London south of the river during the same period of the 1960s. This bloody, brutal biopic has a banged-up Richardson reminiscing, in flashback, about the days when pliers, planks and electrodes were the tools of his trade. Malcolm Needs's film is a mishmash of styles, morally questionable, and rather too prone to that certain brand of claret and shooters crim-speak. But it's slickly made, Goss is good, and the brief support turns from Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson and Steven Berkoff bring credibility to the drama. So, although the film is no Godfather, it's no crime either.
Wow, and you thought Bros were crap singers , well you should see one of those suckers act !!!
This is miscasting on an epic scale, imagine Vinny Jones as Ghandi and you're in the right neighbourhood.
The direction and editing are appalling. The story jumps from one event in Richardson's life to another, from childhood to prison and back again without any sense of cohesion. On the plus side the 'Mockney' accents are hilarious and the 'acting' is so wooden we kept looking for the strings.
Wow, and you thought Bros were crap singers , well you should see one of those suckers act !!!
This is miscasting on an epic scale, imagine Vinny Jones as Ghandi and you're in the right neighbourhood.
The direction and editing are appalling. The story jumps from one event in Richardson's life to another, from childhood to prison and back again without any sense of cohesion. On the plus side the 'Mockney' accents are hilarious and the 'acting' is so wooden we kept looking for the strings.