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Sexy Beast [DVD] [2000]
enlarge	Director: Jonathan Glazer Actors: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox Studio: 4dvd Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £3.72 as of 22/11/2009 04:00 GMT details You Save: £12.27 (77%) New (16) Used (6) Collectible (2) from £3.49 Seller: direct_offers_uk Rating: 8 reviews Sales Rank: 5480 Format: PAL Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 84 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 6867449009193 ASIN: B0010LAZV2 Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Release Date: March 17, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 8 1 2 Next » Sexy Best December 6, 2008 G. R. Donaldson (Great Britain) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful This is a brilliant British gangster film. Up there with Get Carter,The Long Good Friday et al. It works superbly on all levels. The cast including occasional ham Sir Ben Kingsley are outstanding. Even ex Lovejoy lothario Ian Macshane is pretty good as the metrosexual crime boss Teddy Bass. br /Its the best use of a bank job themed film since the original Italian Job.Sexy Beast got a bit lost in the plethora of Brit Gangster flics but it is head and shoulders above them all.The disc has lots of interesting extras. The plot twists and turns,"like a twisty turny thing" and the denoument is sheer class. Buy this film. "There's this bloke, who knows a bloke, who knows a bloke." March 22, 2008 Dr Stephen Marcus Ogley Dip.Para.Psychol (Yorkshire, England) 13 out of 16 found this review helpful One thing we can all agree on, whether you hate or love this country, we Brits make great films. We don't churn them out by the truck load like Hollywood. We craft them, we style them. Debut director Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast" is a hand-crafted, tailor-made, idyllic yet unsettling piece of cinema. It's a beautifully photographed and superbly written gangster film, but more vocal than any other film you will have seen before, with the most offensive word in the world used as commenly as 'and' or 'the'. Still, the explicit language is almost poetic in its delivery, and rolls off the tongue in such a way that it becomes almost totally acceptable to even the most tender of ears. br / br /Ray Winstone plays Gary 'Gal' Dove, a now retired, once expert safe-cracker, who resides in his personal paradise, in Spain with his beautiful wife (Amanda Redman) whom he adores more than anything, and their two friends. His love for his wife is evident throughout, especially in a touching scene played in slo-mo to the hauntingly beautiful song "Lujon" by Henry Mancini. Their paradise is suddenly shattered when they receive a call from Gal's former boss Don Logan (the superb Ben Kingsley) regarding a one-off heist. Upon Logan's arrival, a psychological battle of wills and words begins - you don't say "NO" to Don Logan. br / br /Ben Kingsley is outstanding as Don Logan and gives the performance of his career. His quick-witted, quick-thinking manner is cooly challenged by Winstone's Gary Dove who keeps it together for the woman he loves. But Logan is still outnumbered 4 to 1, and they take advantage. br / br /Ian (Lovejoy) McShane also gives a superb performance as a mob boss, probably the most evil man in London, who knows everything, about everything, about everyone. br / br /Sexy Beast is an assault on the senses. It pushes the viewer to the brink with explosive performances, blistering dialogue, beautiful photography, flashes of violence, and elements of comedy, and leaves you glad knowing people like Don Logan always get what's coming to them, in the most spectacular way. br / br / Absolutely gripping. March 30, 2009 doublegone (scotland) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful I get the impression Ben Kingsley did this movie to get as far away from Ghandi as he could. He plays Don Logan, a nutjob of such brooding menace and bantam posturing that you will find yourself tensing during his every second on screen. It is the best performance in the movie but he is run close by Winstone and Redman. br / br /The characters are gangsters but its so much more than a gangster movie, particularly those made by Guy Richie. This is a gangster movie in the same way that the Sopranos is a mafia story and The Wire is a cop show. They only look like that on the surface. The characterisations and subtlety of plot are fantastic. br / br /Unmissable. NEED TO CHANGE MY SHIRT!! June 16, 2009 Jason Thorne (England / Oxford) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful What is there to say about this film that most of us already know not alot really apart from this is brillant film with two screen legends Mr Kingsley and Mr Winstone. The whole film from start to finish is a joy to watch with top draw acting,great plot and some very funny one liners. If you haven't seen this you really are missing a masterclass film in acting more so from Ben Kingsley just buy it you won't regret it. good plot July 18, 2009 R. Beevers (england) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful very good story a lot of swearing but one would expect it with hardend criminals. enjoyed it. i must say i am a big fan of ray winston. Showing reviews 1-5 of 8 1 2 Next »

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