Dead Fish

The main reason I got this movie was to see Gary Oldman do his thing. I think he is a great actor. This movie was one of his poorer film choices, but he did his best with the screenplay. There were somethings in this movie that made me blush a few times because of him, and I'm not talking about the sexual content. Its just how strong Lynch's feelings are and Gary Oldman really portrays that.

But the character that really made me laugh was Robert Carlyle's Danny Divine. He was really the clown of the movie. He his constantly angry and just hilarious in all.

So, I'd give this film a 6 just because of the acting. Great acting, bad script.

Starts out with a cellphone exchange between the hit-man and the innocent bystander. The bystander suddenly gets a call from the hit-man's boss, and the game is on.

It was to me a good movie gone "bad". Robert Carlyle did a great part of saving the movie but it wasn't enough to capture me to the standards i hoped after the great trailer.

To sum it up in shortness; Salvador gets the hit-man's phone. The hit-man(Lynch) falls in love with Mimi(Salvadors girlfriend). Then the madness starts. Lynch wants Salvador dead, Danny Devine wants money from Salvador, Dragan wants to kill Salvador because he thinks he is Lynch.

Well, as you can see from my writing. This movie made me confused, and i don't want to advice you to see it any later then 8PM.

It's a British film with the typical British crazy humor but also with a strange and a bit confusing plot. It has its moments in spite of not being a great film. The cast is good. The most sonant name is Gary Oldman, but there're other good actors. One that I find hilarious is Robert Carlyle, also in this movie, but not only. I think this guy is quite funny and his characters are always comical, in one or another way.

This movie is not great but it has a large amount of comical scenes and the plot is quite entertaining, even being confusing. So I think it's not as bad as some users here in IMDb told it was! I score it 5/10.

Dead Fish is one of the films the Brits are famous for where a small event triggers a sequence of violent and fatal events. Such films contain plenty of mixing ups, peculiar characters, betrayals, and desire for money both by "good" (petty scamps, debtors, idlers) and "evil" (killers, mobsters, robbers) characters. And those are played by good or great actors: here the most outstanding are Gary Oldman, Robert Carlyle and Karel Roden whose performance does smoothen several shortcomings or immoderate scenes in the plot. As for the latter, the first half is stronger and more interesting, the remaining has lingerings and ends with trivial culmination. Nevertheless, it is pleasant to watch (especially due to the actors mentioned above) plus several scenes are really witty and amusing. 7 points for sure from me!

I don't know why there are so many people hating on this movie. There are a few things I don't like about it either (the language being the main one), but that doesn't mean I find it all around "a waste of time". I think this movie is hilarious and fast paced. I like Gary Oldman and Robert Carlyle, and this movie did not lower my opinion of either. Those who let a simple movie lower their opinions of certain actors need to look at the bigger picture. They're ACTORS. Just because you don't like a character they play doesn't mean you have to stop liking them. In fact, to do that is just immature. There are bigger problems in this world than that.

That said, I like this movie. I know it's not the best movie out there, but it's not the crap so many other people think it is.

Oldman and Carlyle rock!

-Amanda