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Kingsley is Dynamite, 20 July 2002
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gbheron from Washington, DC
Ben Kingsley's portrayal of gangster Don Logan is destined to go down as one
of the most memorable mobsters in filmdom; up there with the best from
Robinson, Bogart, Cagney, Raft, deNiro, Pacino et al. Kingsley's all that
good and more. And the other actors, in their portrayals of fellow
gangsters and their lovers, are also excellent. The story is simple. Gal
(Ray Winstone) is a retired English gangster living a life of leisure at his
Spanish villa. Then one day his idyll is shattered by a visit from Don
Logan, an old prot�g�, and man to be feared. Logan's intent is to lure Gal
out of retirement for 'one last job'. Gal wants nothing to do with it, and
the first half of the movie is a battle of wits between the two men. The
second half of the film deals with the heist and its aftermath. The crime
is downplayed in the movie which is primarily a psychological exploration of
these gangsters; their personal demons, and the relationships amongst
themselves. They are indeed scary people, no sympathetic characters here.
This is one of the best movies of 2000, and is highly recommended. I don't
understand how IMDb reviewers can rate this movie so low. In my book it
definitely rates an "A".
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