Layer Cake

Went to the cinema last night, for the first time in ages. We went to see the latest Brit gangster flick, called Layer Cake, directed by Matthew Vaughn.

It was at times quite violent, but not necessarily gratuitous. It has its funny moments, and was well acted by a quality cast including Daniel Craig in the lead role of a cocaine dealer, taking on one last big job. He finds he has been set up and double crossed and must find a businessman's crackhead daughter, whilst trying to offload some stolen pills, whilst the original Serb owners want to behead him. Craig is excellent as the dealer who isn't used to getting his hands dirty and he allows you to feel some sympathy for his character and the mess he is on, which is not his fault. However he rectifies this situation (in a not so typical way) and moves up the 'layers' of the cake in the drug dealing world. The ending is excellent, and suitably unexpected.