STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
Rancid Aliminium,like most gangster type films of it's ilk,did,of course,have the potential to be great.There are some intriguing and exciting new ideas to be explored here,but unfor -tunately,they are mostly squandered by what is mostly the film's biggest downfall,the frenetic and ill-explored pace at which it sets itself into action.It seems like a hodgepodge of ideas from each of the different genres:Comedy,thriller,Gangster Movie,action,all of which are concocted together at various different points to make up for a confusing and too fast paced for it's own good story.Most of the performances were very disappointing too:Rhys Ifans,in the lead role,was the best thing on offer,obviously trying to make his role stand out more than it could have,maybe even taking sympathy on the over zealous screenwriter so that his electric work could not fail ('I was obviously born to mow lawns ,and look after goldfish!')
But Josepth Fiennes emerged as routinely cold as his villainous brother,not really standing out as to why he was any worse than Rhys,whilst Sadie Frost as a russian bad girl babe clearly thought she was starring in the new James Bond film.
The title did'nt make an awful lot of sense,either.
And yet,as ever,any IMDB members who are situated in Britain like me who play the national lottery know exactly who is ultimately responsible for the making of this kind of film:us.**