I saw Layer Cake last night and just wanted to say it restored my faith in british cinema. Matthew Vaughn is a great director and the film was brill with excellent performances from Daniel Craig, Jamie Foreman, Michael Gambon(does this guy ever suck?) and Colm Meaney. Defineletly a film to see. What do others think?. Its the best british film in my opinion since lock,Stock and two smoking barrels.

gangster number 1 is a good british mob film. cant remember who is in it though

I read a review of it in a british movie mag, and it sounded somewhat entertaining. Does anyone know when its coming to the states?

The film was released in the u.k in 1998-99
probley not coming out in states if its been 6 years try buying it on play.com very resonable prices

You should check out Shane Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes, which is out at the moment over here. I hear it's excellent. I saw Meadows' short film Northern Soul the other night; very wierd: a mix of personal comedic themes set in his hometown of Nottinghamshire, with disturbing undertones of violence never far away.

As for Layer Cake, I haven't seen it, and doubt I will be. It looks alright, but most British gangster films don't do anything original, instead pressing their noses right up against the glass door of Hollywood (why they want to do that I don't know). They consist of nothing more than profanity, clichés, stereotypes and repulsive storylines.

Check out Gangster No. 1 starring Paul Bettany (excellent) and Malcolm MacDowell (from A Clockwork Orange). By the way, it was made in 2000.

But I continue to recommend the fairly unknown [i]Sexy Beast, a superb directorial debut from Johnathan Glazer about obsessive behaviour; essentially, it's a love story disguised as a gangster film. Fantastic cast (Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, Edward Fox and the AMAZING Oscar-nominated Ben Kingsley) and terrific music from UNKLE. Check it out.

Mick