a the film open we see a table of men in later middle age and very well dress and around a table have dinner . in the same room and nearby and there be a boxing match go on and mostly ignore or perhaps take for grant . the men remember share event and but with fading memory . their heavy accent tell u that we be in england . and we begin to see that these be people be criminal . our main focus be on a character ( gangster 55 ) play by malcolm mcdowell . when someone say that freddie may be get out of prison and gangster 55 reacts and leave the table . we flash back to 1968. now the gangster 55 character be play by paul bettany ( who play the roommate in a beautiful mind ) . we see him get recruit by freddie may ( david thewlis ) and a. k. a. and the butcher of mayfair . freddie be dress impeccably and a we hear gangster 55 describe in the voiceover . soon and after he join may gang and gangster 55 be also . i be remind of a couple of film . it remind me of lock and stock and two smoking barrel and in that it involve gangster with heavy english accent . this film also have some flashy camera work and but on the whole be more straightforward than the early film . this be appropriate and because while i would call lock primarily a comedy and this be most definitely not . while there be a small number of humorous time and on the whole this be a serious and far more violent film . the other obvious connection be to a clockwork orange . the film be relate because of malcolm mcdowell and who figure prominently in both film and by the way that the young gangster 55 be photograph glare into the camera in a very similar manner to mcdowell alex in the early film and and by the general level of violence . this isn not really my kind of film . i go because i read some very strong review . i admire it and but i felt drain when i leave and and i couldn not really say that i enjoy the experience . even though that doesn not sound like a recommendation and it be and for the right people . see on 8/2/2002 .