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Layer Cake 8.4 2004 Movie

Layer Cake

Dir. Matthew Vaughn · UK, United Kingdom · English, Romanian

Our take by Bilal Zouheir

Featuring a Pre-Bond Daniel Craig, Layer cake can be described as a mix between Lock Stock, Two Smoking Barrels and Scarface—a darkly funny and incredibly violent film. It features great acting from Craig and the rest of the cast, action that will keep you on the edge of your seat once it gets moving and a complex and deep theme that can make you reconsider your worldview. This is a true action movie for the thinking man (or woman).

What happens

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

What the critics said

Notable Critics

"There's a proper lived-in believability about Layer Cake's depiction of how the worlds of the rich, the criminal and the criminally rich intersect."

— Leslie Felperin

Awards

BAFTA

1 nom

Nominated: Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer

Nat. Board of Review

1 win

Won: Special Recognition

European Film Awards

1 nom

Nominated: Best European Actor (Audience Award)

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Bilal Zouheir

Bilal Zouheir

Bilal Zouheir is the founder of A Good Movie to Watch. He is US-based and a member of the Nevada Film Critics Society. He grew up in Morocco, where he learned English from watching movies. Bilal's work with A Good Movie to Watch is focused on offering an alternative to streaming algorithms, which are often used as commercial tools by streaming services.