Tag Archives: Gangster Film

Review in Brief: The Toll (2021)

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

You don’t get a Welsh gangster film every day, but THE TOLL makes you feel that’s a damn shame. It’s low-key stylish and non-linear, like PULP FICTION if it wasn’t as pleased with itself, with a rich seam of gallows … Continue reading →

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Fargo Season 2: Tall Tale Made in Weirdness

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The following piece contains spoilers for Season 2 of FARGO. The first season of the TV companion piece to the Coen Brothers’ classic movie had me completely and utterly hooked. I felt sure no-one could hope to measure up to … Continue reading →

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Review: Black Mass (2015)

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

BLACK MASS is a frustrating beast. I’d recommend you just watch THE DEPARTED again instead as it’s a much better Boston gangsters and informants movie  that was partly based on Whitey Bulger’s story anyway. In the 1970s and 1980s, few … Continue reading →

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Review: Dead Man Down (2013)

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Sometimes a really interesting central relationship is enough to elevate a pretty generic gangster movie, and DEAD MAN DOWN is a pretty generic gangster movie. Having a good director and a strong lead pair of actors on board doesn’t hurt … Continue reading →

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Review: The Family (2013)

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I was hoping this might be Luc Besson back on form after years of mediocrity, but disappointingly THE FAMILY is mostly more of the same. The Blakes aren’t like any other family. They spend their lives changing their name, moving … Continue reading →

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