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Legend
Directed By: Brian Helgeland
The Story
The story follows 2 of the most notorious gangsters in london england back in the 1950's and 1960's the Kray twins. Everyone has heard of the Krays and heard of the crimes that they commited, well they should off because there has been enough bloody films and tv shows about them. Ive seen The Krays (1990), The Rise Of The Krays (2015), and a TV show called Whitechapel, but none of them have come close to Legend. For such a gritty movie Legend certainly has its moments of humour aswell. The movie is very dark and violent one minute, and then you find yourself laughing the next, its very cleverly made and its a fresh approach to the story of The Krays.
The Cast
The cast are great. Tom Hardy's double act of both Ronald and Reginald kray showcases why hes one of the best actors around at the moment. At the end of the movie i even thought to myself....would i have even liked this movie without Tom Hardy, dont get me wrong its a great film, but i think its made greater due to Tom Hardys performance/performances.
Movie Highlight
My movie highlight has got to be the bar scene involving The Kray twins and there local rivals. The scene sums up just how different Ronald and Reginald are and just how good Tom Hardy was at portraying them. I swear you would think they where two different actors. Anyway, the scene is hillarious and this is were we find out just how bat sh*t crazy Ronald Kray is..was, whatever.
Verdict
Overall not a bad film at all. Legend has a great cast with some very fine performances. It has some pretty good action from what you would expect from a gangster film, and it has it fair shair of humour to top it all up.
Directed By: Brian Helgeland
The Story
The story follows 2 of the most notorious gangsters in london england back in the 1950's and 1960's the Kray twins. Everyone has heard of the Krays and heard of the crimes that they commited, well they should off because there has been enough bloody films and tv shows about them. Ive seen The Krays (1990), The Rise Of The Krays (2015), and a TV show called Whitechapel, but none of them have come close to Legend. For such a gritty movie Legend certainly has its moments of humour aswell. The movie is very dark and violent one minute, and then you find yourself laughing the next, its very cleverly made and its a fresh approach to the story of The Krays.
The Cast
The cast are great. Tom Hardy's double act of both Ronald and Reginald kray showcases why hes one of the best actors around at the moment. At the end of the movie i even thought to myself....would i have even liked this movie without Tom Hardy, dont get me wrong its a great film, but i think its made greater due to Tom Hardys performance/performances.
Movie Trivia: In the UK, Legend (2015) became the highest grossing 18-rated British film of all time, surpassing Trainspotting (1996).
When Ronnie tells Frances she had to cut a bit of herself off in order to grow to get over Reggie, it was the exact same thing Charles Bronson told Tom Hardy over the phone from prison who had just split up from his then girlfriend at the time using the oxford floods as a reference.
This is the second of three films in which Jacob Tomuri worked as Tom Hardy's stunt double. The others are Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Revenant (2015).
When Ronnie tells Frances she had to cut a bit of herself off in order to grow to get over Reggie, it was the exact same thing Charles Bronson told Tom Hardy over the phone from prison who had just split up from his then girlfriend at the time using the oxford floods as a reference.
This is the second of three films in which Jacob Tomuri worked as Tom Hardy's stunt double. The others are Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Revenant (2015).
My movie highlight has got to be the bar scene involving The Kray twins and there local rivals. The scene sums up just how different Ronald and Reginald are and just how good Tom Hardy was at portraying them. I swear you would think they where two different actors. Anyway, the scene is hillarious and this is were we find out just how bat sh*t crazy Ronald Kray is..was, whatever.
Verdict
Overall not a bad film at all. Legend has a great cast with some very fine performances. It has some pretty good action from what you would expect from a gangster film, and it has it fair shair of humour to top it all up.
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