A Very British Gangster (2007)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Donal MacIntyre

Release Date:

18 July 2007 (France)

Genre:

Documentary | Crime

Tagline:

Look after those that look after you F*ck off those that f*ck off you

Plot:

A documentary about one of Britain's most dangerous crime families and introduces us to its magnetic, larger-than-life leader, Dominic Noonan (aka Lattlay Fottfoy). |

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Dominic Noonan

...

Himself

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK | Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:MA (2008) | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16

Company:

Belfast TV3

Trivia:

The second guy giving Dominic Noonan a hug after the Elvis song in his brothers funeral is Carlton Leach. Carlton Leach is another British gangster that has movie about his life called Rise of the Footsoldier (2007).

Movie Connections:

Edited from Macintyre's Underworld: Gangster (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Round Here

Glorification of a stupid criminal

This movie wants the crime boss whoever to be some mythic figure, when he's just top-punk. No insights are made about the nature of crime or poverty. Songs are used over and over again to attempt to make you feel tough when seeing these clownish buffoons. Then they want your sympathy when a man who cannot keep a straight face when asked if murder is wrong, dies.The tone taken is trying to make you look up to this guy when he is just a stupid man hungry for power. I've become very agitated at this documentary and although in some parts, glimpses of the horror this man created, it plays more like a Wikipedia article where entire paragraphs are copied from a biased personal web-page.