Film

Layer Cake 2004

Directed by Matthew Vaughn

  • Drama, Thriller, Crime
  • 105 min
  • R

The art of good business is being a good middleman.

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...

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Character

Contemporary, grave, classical in form and meticulous.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • gravecomic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • rawmeticulous
  • character-ledplot-driven

Who loves it, who doesn't

The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 44The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 22The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 22The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 11The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

19 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs.

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  • Is this Matthew Vaughn's best work?

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  • Is Daniel Craig the best thing in Layer Cake?

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  • Would a little humor have helped?

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