A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total
Nathalie Lunghi
- Charlie
- (as Natalie Lunghi)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt was Daniel Craig's performance in this movie that caused producer Barbara Broccoli to take notice and think he might be a good fit for James Bond.
- GoofsSlavo and Dragan are supposed to be Serbians but they speak Romanian.
- Quotes
Eddie Temple: You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son.
- Crazy creditsThe film title appears on a door that XXXX walks through.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Becoming Bond (2006)
- SoundtracksHayling
Written by Daniel Ormondroyd, Jon Nowell, Hafdís Huld and Jon Collyer
Published by Copyright Control
Performed by FC Kahuna
Courtesy of Skint Records
Featured review
This is a clever drug dealer movie set in the UK. It starts out with the main character (XXXX) and narrator cheerfully extolling the virtues of the drug industry when you are careful and organised like he is. He is about to retire with a nice little fortune. Then it all starts to go wrong, one thing after another as layers are added to the plot.
Sometimes it seems as if the plot is too complex and there are two dangers, one of leaving the audience behind and two leaving gaping holes in the plot. Still the humour and action set pieces are enough to pull it through. It is not as good as Snatch or Lock, Stock etc but is original enough to stand on its own right. Worth a look.
Sometimes it seems as if the plot is too complex and there are two dangers, one of leaving the audience behind and two leaving gaping holes in the plot. Still the humour and action set pieces are enough to pull it through. It is not as good as Snatch or Lock, Stock etc but is original enough to stand on its own right. Worth a look.
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- No todo es lo que parece
- Filming locations
- Stoke Park House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(first meeting with Jimmy Price)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- £4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,339,957
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $81,706
- May 15, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $11,850,214
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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