with so many east end gangster movie be churn out recently you might be forgive for dismiss this a a band wagon movie . have see it i would urge you to look beyond that and go and see this second offering from british director paul mcguigan . while i felt that the film do not quite hang together well enough to put it amongst the greets of the long good friday and get carter and the lead newcomer ( who name escape me ) play such an outstanding part a the ambitious and ruthless understudy to the gang leader play by david thewlis that the film merit much praise . the film have the most violent and disturb ( without be graphic ) scene that i can recall in a film which must be largely credit to the director who individual style be both fresh and effective . i be disappoint by the performance of malcolm mcdowell but on reflection it may be due to the script which seem to loose direction at the end when malcolm dominate the screen and and also due to my personal over expectation of malcolm return to the big screen . a film well worth see and one which should propel it young star into the limelight . this time next year i hope his name would not be escape me still .