Michael Gambon died on September 27. This isn't a brilliant homage to him in terms of the size of his role, but he's wonderfully vague and oily as 'Billy the Fish', an actor always worth watching.
He joins a dream cast of Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone (and Charlie Cox) and though the vibe seems to be charming old robbers getting older, we start understanding how vile these people are as they plot against one another, and their evil pasts are revealed. A good screenplay, by Joe Penhall (who also wrote The Long Firm) based on two published articles.
It's a very edited film, which probably suits the material well, and it's also a very well edited film, by Jinx Godfrey and Nick Moore (though how that task was conducted I don't know - usually, unless one's been brought in to re-edit the other, they work on scenes separately) and the flashes from old films work really well. Great music, too, from Benjamin Wallfisch (Bladerunner 2049, It, Hidden Figures, The Enfield Haunting), photographed by Danny Cohen.
I think it's very successful and enjoyable but many don't agree - it has poor ratings - I don't understand why.
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