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2008 Certificate 12
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Milo is a professional hit man living on the edge. When he fails to fulfil a contract for the first time in his career, he is forced to escape the city to avoid the wrath of his employers. He hides out in a remote rural village where the locals mistake him for the new baker. Forced to bake bread and cakes to maintain his cover, .. Read more

Starring Damien Lewis, Kate Ashfield, Michael Gambon
Director Gareth Lewis
Genres Drama

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The Baker

Milo is a professional hit man living on the edge. When he fails to fulfil a contract for the first time in his career, he is forced to escape the city to avoid the wrath of his employers. He hides out in a remote rural village where the locals mistake him for the new baker. Forced to bake bread and cakes to maintain his cover, sparks start to fly with the beautiful local vet. He decides to start a legitimate new life as the village baker but with his past about to catch up with him, Milo soon discovers that you can¿t always have your cake and eat it.

Starring Damien Lewis, Kate Ashfield, Michael Gambon
Director Gareth Lewis
Studio 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 03 Mar 2008
Production year: 2008
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of

    Playing like a would-be comic version of Ill Sleep When Im Dead, this gently likeable, undemanding and... read more on Time Out

    • Wally Hammond, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    More cake vicar?

    This is not a rom com, not a black comedy and certainly not a thriller. It's an out and out quirky British comedy. Hitman (Damien Lewis) tires of his life and seeks to get away from it all in a small Welsh village where, in an attempt to blend in, he becomes a baker. Unfortunately for him, local village half-wit, with a passion for blowing up sheep using home-made fertiliser bombs, stumbles upon Lewis' real 'identity' . This soon becomes known amongst the predominantly male occupants of the village who thinking he is merely undercover, seek his services to rid themselves of overbearing wives and annoying neighbours - well you would wouldn't you!

    Lewis has an encounter early on with local vet (Kate Ashfield) which adds a bit of romance to proceedings - including passion frenzy involving a variety of cake making ingredients - beats whipping up a Victoria sponge!

    This film has no pretensions about setting itself in any genre - it's just 90 mins of easy to watch, fun.

      • A customer from Lincoln
      • Posted 16 Mar 2008 20:53

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    Not good

    Yuk, wanted so much to see this movie, really looked good, but such a let down, didnt enjoy.

      • Paul Evans from Swansea, Wales
      • Posted 20 May 2008 16:13

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