The Fall of the Krays

I watched Tom Hardy as the Krays which had excellent script good dialogue, top rate acting, then I watched this film and at times it was laugh out loud poor. I take it the bloke who played Reggie Kray must have gone to the shout at every opportunity school of acting. At times it resembled a Harry Enfield sketch with the calm down, calm down lines. The story of the Krays is well known territory but if you were unaware this would have made little or no sense, it really was a disjointed script with dialogue which was painful. Your can not expect the actors to look exactly like Ronnie and Reggie but when you have a character shouting at Reggie "fat poof" while the actor looks anorexic it just looks plain stupid. One of the worst Kray movies I have endured.

The highlight is Simon Cotton's horrendous acting. Worth watching just to be amused by all the poor acting.

You have to treat it as a normal drama becaujse there are so many mistakes.

Most of the mistakes are with Policeeprocedure. The long haired 'Nipper Read' is not very nipperish and lacks gravitas. He even gets the Police caution wrong and it sounds like something you might hear in an US crime drama/ One of the Police officers handcuiffed to one of the brothers should have retired 20 years ago. IN any case prisoners from the court are in the custody of the prison service, not the police.

The senior Police uniform was wrong as was the name of the rank. Reed's elite squad looked all wrong.

Reed would not be allowed to conduct an identity parade.

I have forgotten the other mistakes.

The Krays, 1960's London, the implosion of Ronald, Reginald and company. So what could go wrong with such a platform to build and craft a wealth of scenes? It would appear much.

The Rise of the Krays (albeit lacking in substance) had the ability to keep the viewer (at least) wondering where the next scene might come from. Sadly, The Fall of the Krays comes with no such hook to grab the attention.

The acting is mediocre at best. In fact the only consistent character is Frances' Mum played by Clare McGlinn. There seems to be an ongoing and unnecessary need for the actors to try and portray the twins like like they were Phil and Grant Mitchel. Overreacting, overacting and not at all believable; the company they keep much the same.

If you're after a quick hit of good old-fashioned violence, mockney accents and loads of shouting after a few pints down the pub, this one's for you. If you want a little more then give Legend a go with Tom Hardy. It's more believable in half the time. If you want to watch a film about the Krays with the Mrs and you're a newby then give the Kemp boys a whirl.

Not the best.

A tricky review as I have not seen 'The Rise of The Krays' (which reports suggest is far superior). To start with the actors playing the notorious twins do not look anything like each other, so it kind of grated for most of the duration. Despite some intense scenes, key figures in the story only have a few minutes of screen time (which is a shame as there is less character development). The actors themselves are not of the same caliber as other Kray projects and the production costs look pretty threadbare, with such spartan set designs. Saying that the details are pretty accurate and to its credit, concentrates chiefly on the madness of Ronnie; which in all truth was the (utter) root cause of both their infamous rise and crumbling downfall. The friend of Reggie here (and a central core to the story) is based on the real life gangster of Albert Donaghue.