Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 05/13/2005(USA
Release Date: 08/23/2005
SubTitles: English/French/KO/TH
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Language, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
A mechanic in the British drug trade finds himself caught in the middle of some dangerous circumstances in this
crime thriller.
XXXX (
Daniel Craig) is a nameless go-between in the British mob who buys drugs from underground wholesalers and them sells them to street dealers, keeping the system flowing and making a tidy profit in the process.
XXXX is looking forward to getting out of the game, and has displayed both smarts and caution in how he's handled his business, but before his overseer
Jimmy Price (
Kenneth Cranham) will let him go, he has a couple of favors that need to be done. First,
Eddie Temple (
Michael Gambon) is a mob boss whose daughter has gotten hooked on hard drugs and run away from home;
Jimmy needs
XXXX to find them girl and bring her to him before
Eddie's men can get hold of her. Second,
Dragan (
Dragan Micanovic) is a Ecstasy wholesaler who has had a large shipment stolen by
Duke (
Jamie Foreman);
Jimmy wants
XXXX to get the Ecstasy back to
Dragan, but
Duke isn't eager to sell and
Dragan is becoming impatient. Between these two matters,
XXXX isn't so sure he'll get out of the business alive, especially after he finds himself falling for
Duke's nephew's girlfriend,
Tammy (
Sienna Miller).
Layer Cake marked the directorial debut for
Matthew Vaughn, best known as a producer for
Guy Ritchie's lad-centric
crime movies.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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