Les Frères Krays

Titre original : The Krays

1990
12
2h

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6,6/10

9,4 k

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Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp in Les Frères Krays (1990)

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Biographie Criminalité Drame Crime véritable

Ce film basé sur des faits, suit la vie de deux frères jumeaux, barons du crime dans la pègre londonienne des années 1960.Ce film basé sur des faits, suit la vie de deux frères jumeaux, barons du crime dans la pègre londonienne des années 1960.Ce film basé sur des faits, suit la vie de deux frères jumeaux, barons du crime dans la pègre londonienne des années 1960.

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6,6/10

9,4 k

MA NOTE

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 victoires et 2 nominations au total

Vidéos2

Trailer 1:12

The Krays

Clip 2:43

The Krays: Proper Little Gentlemen

Clip 2:43

The Krays: Proper Little Gentlemen

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hypertyson

Good on character, bad on real facts

The violence, loyalty, fear, blood and traditions are all present and correct. The Kemp bros., especially Gary, give superbly sinister and dangerous portrayals of the twins. You can't fault it's accuracy on who the twins were or how they grew up. However, the events shown are lacking in relevance to how they really happened and are taken from the point of view of Gang members who so obviously lied during their trial. The film also lacks on the other gang members, no member is named as being Tony Lambrianou or Freddie Foreman, for example. Although this is secondary to the twins themselves, for people who know the real story it does make it a little less enjoyable.

9RatedVforVinny

Loved the movie, loved the cast more!

A powerful film about the lives and crimes of the notorious Kray Twins. The Kemp brothers are superb as Reggie and Ronnie (and still the best film concerning their turbulent lives). The movie is almost a perfect production and dealing with a violent subject matter, that could easily have been screwed-up. The mood and atmosphere is charged and even the 'Maltese Brothers' get a mention (nice one). Two of my favourite actors Steven Berkhoff and Tom Bell, explode onto the screen!

7Sulla-2

Not bad entertainment

Not bad entertainment but not good enough for a classic. Some people have mentioned that the Krays gave their approval to the script. This was a bad thing. Now they are both dead. The Kray story should be done again, probably on TV as a mini series of about 6 hours to give the whole thing justice. We could then include more details of their life of crime, their arrests and trial. The Kemp brothers do not look alike at all but the Krays also looked different as they got older. Martin Kemp would pass for Reggie if he was a bit stockier but Gary Kemp is nothing like Big Ronnie. The overall impression of the film was that they were the leaders of a gang of teddy boys rather than the biggest gangsters in London. If the story is retold we need better casting for the twins and they need not necessarily be brothers.

penni4yrtht

Awesome! Did not get the praise it deserved in the US.

I was fortunate enough to have seen "The Krays" on cable a number of years ago and I never forgot it..

I consider myself a stone cold film buff especially for the action drama genre. To later find out that the film was based on real people just drove the point home even further how awesome this film was.

I only wish that the DVD version would be released in the US as well. I rank this film right up there with "Once upon a time in America" and "Miller's Crossing" as films I love and would watch again and again.

7busuttil1

Impressively underrated.

I hadn't seen the ratings on IMDb until after watching the movie itself. I have to say, that is some harsh reviews there. The whole film was indeed enjoyable, it portrayed the Krays and London gang-lands as a whole, very well. There were moments in the film where it became very boring and quite monotonous, in the sense that it seemed as if it were never going to end, but the last thirty minutes really makes the film worth watching. After seeing Goodfellas and hearing that it was a lot like that but a little less funny and, of course, a lot more English-based, I expected quite a lot. Nevertheless, this film still surprised me and maintained to keep me on edge throughout the entirety of its showing. If I could give it any rating, I'd give it around 7.6, but I'd have to round this to 8. It's a brilliant film and it doesn't merely deserve 6.6 overall.

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Anecdotes
Reggie Kray reportedly wrote regular fan letters to Martin Kemp.

Gaffes
In the boxing scene at the fairground, the twins' are portrayed as young adults and that the fight between them transpires after Ronnie knocks out the prize fighter - this incident actually took place when they were both small boys. The ringmaster shouted to the crowd if anyone wanted to take on the show fighter and the young Ronnie Kray shouted that he'd fight him. Amid much laughter, the referee pointedly said he was a bit young - whereupon Reggie stepped up and challenged his brother. They fought gamely, and were both awarded half a crown for their efforts; this was also the bout that led to their later semi-professional careers as pugilists.

Citations
Rose: I was on the bus the other day. And some old toerag was boasting about all he'd suffered during the war. Stupid old... I tell you, they don't know. It was the women who had the war - the real war. The women were left at home in the shit, not sitting in some sparkling plane or gleaming tank. There's no glamour for us. They should have been with me when old Pauline Woolley went in to labour. D'you remember that, Violet?
Violet Kray: Yes, yes I do, darling.
Rose: Seven hours of screaming down Bethnal Green bloody tube station. Then I had to cut the baby's head off - to save the mother's life. She died anyway, poor old cow. God, there was so much blood! Jesus! And the abortions. Those poor girls. One day they'll drain Victoria Park lake. And you know what they'll find? What glorious remnants of the Second World War? Babies, that's what. Bullets and dead babies. Men! Mum's right. They stay kids all their fucking lives. And they end up heroes - or monsters. Either way they win. Women have to grow up. If *they* stay children, they become victims.

Versions alternatives
The infamous 'Chelsea Smile' scene was reduced in the UK cinema version but was later restored fully uncut for video releases after 2002.