Love, Honor and Obey

A quick message to Ray Burdis and Dominic Anciano - Ignore the negative comments on here about Love, Honour And Obey. The people who've written them may be lacking in a sense of humour. We can tell that you all had an enormous laugh making this film, and what makes it work is that you made us laugh with you. Not only is it hilariously presented, it has an excellent story and I loved the revivals of Avenues and Alleyways & Fireball XL5! All I can say is thank you for treating me to an hour and a half of quality British cinema :-)

At last a film that mentions my hometown!! In the last scene of the film gang boss Ray (Ray Winstone) asks rival gang boss Sean (Sean Pertwee) about his henchman Matthew (Rhys Ifans) `Wheres he from, the lad?' Sean answers under his breath `Wrexham' – well in fact fellas, Rhys hails from just up the road in Rhuthin. Not a bad film, I have my suspicions that much of the dialogue was improvised and I realised that most of the characters in it shared their first names with the actor playing them, which was unique. Obviously inspired by the popularity of LOCK STOCK AND 2 SMOKING BARRELS, this was one of the better clones (Hardmen and Rancid Aluminium being by far the worst). The kind of film that a group of lads should watch with a few beers on a Saturday night after the footy.

Top shelf cast in an antidote to the designer gangsters of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." Nasty and funny at the same time. Amazingly this has yet to be released in the USA where it deserves a wider audience than the art-house circuit.

The last movie in this vein was Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels, however this movie has a much more obvious female element. It brings together gangster life and how a precarious balance of peace can be upset when an outsider enters it. Being a gangster isn't as glamorous as it might have been portrayed in the past, but it's not a normal life if this movie is anything to go by.

People who live in the U.K will recognise the cast and the format of this film as the same as a BBC tv programme called Operation Goodguys . The only exception is that there are a few big names chucked in the movie and that it is a little more adult in it's content. The whole feel of the series and this film is that most of the dialogue is improvised....or thats the way it seems. If this is actually scripted i would be very suprised because Some superb actors take part in this movie such as Ray Winston, Jude Law and Kathy Burke and they all look like they are improvising. I suspect the storyline didnt take a great deal of working out either as it is hardly gripping. This a poor british gangster movie compared to the like of Lock , Stock or Sexy Beast but it does have a certain fascination that i cant quite put my finger on. 6 out of 10.

At first I thought this would be a dark and gritty gangster film but I was wrong. It's comical, classy and purely british approach makes it such a great film. A fabulous cast puts it all together with humour, music and violence. I loved it.