This film has a fantastic cast and some real laugh-out-load comedy moments. Several actors from Operation Goodguys feature in the film and if you've even seen and enjoyed that TV comedy masterpiece you'll enjoy this film as the style of comedy is much the same. The plot revolves around a new member being initiated into a London underworld gang. The new gang member then goes on the warpath creating carnage between two rival gangs. The plot is quite dark and seems quite separate from the comedy scenes and therein lies the problem with this film. You're never quite sure when someone gets hospitalised whether it'll be a slapstick comedy 'Carry On' style moment or a Goodfellas style trip to the morgue. This leaves the tonality of the film in a complete mess which is a real shame because if it had been pitched as a pure farce/comedy, in the Operation Goodguys mould, it would have been a cracking film. Sadly they didn't and, although the comedy scenes are fantastic in their own right, as a whole, the film seems to have an identity crisis leaving the viewer somewhat bemused. The ending also leaves a lot to be desired, it really didn't add anything to the film and, if anything, left a sour taste in the mouth. Some of the, clearly improvised scenes, shouldn't have made the final cut and some of the acting, particularly from Jude Law and Sean Pertwee, was wooden and unconvincing.
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