Thursday, September 01, 2005

One-Minute Review: Layer Cake

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Tripp J Crouse
Scopophilia editor

Matthew Vauhn's Layer Cake (2004) is an experiment in developing levels of intrigue within the British gangster genre. Comparisons to Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch are unfounded, as Layer Cake exists on a completley different, dramatic level than Ritchie's verbal slapstick pastiches of contemporary crime film. Daniel Craig's performance as the films protagonist is superb. His aging, wanna-be gangster role suits a face painted with experience. And the audience travels through the narrative as it spirals through multi-faceted levels of intrigue. Welcome to the Layer Cake. The only drawback to the film seems to be the MTV school of editing and camera work inherent in much of present day British cinema, but Vauhn's well-founded choices actually add a great deal to the presentation and storytelling of the movie.

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