Sexy Beast
by Jonathan Glazer
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Actor: Amanda Redman, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, James Fox, Ray WinstoneDirector: Jonathan Glazer
Producer: Denise O'Dell
Producer: Hercules Bellville
Producer: Jeremy Thomas
Producer: Mark Albela
Writer: Andrew Michael Jolley
Writer: David Scinto
Writer: Louis Mellis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Sexy Beast
Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Though the plot isn't that interesting or original, Sexy Beast's character interplay between evil and frothing (for a change) Ben Kingsley and mild-mannered (for a change) Ray Winstone is so compelling that the movie is still worth watching; it's no gem, but it's definitely worth seeing if you want to see Gandhi let loose strings of expletives.
Summary of Sexy Beast
Riveting in his intensity, Ben Kingsley delivers "his best performance ever" (Premiere Magazine) in this high-voltage crime thriller that crackles with chilling style and wit. A savage gangstere name Don Logan (Kingsley) is met with resistance when he tries to recruit a retired pal (Ray Winstone) for "one last job." But Logan just won't take no for an answer...A retired British gangster (Ray Winstone) is trying to keep out of a London heist, despite the efforts of Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), a goateed, shaved-headed pit bull of a gangster in this raw, startling film that grabs your attention and never lets go. Gary "Gal" Dove lounges at his villa on Costa del Sol, with not a care in the world, until his Mediterranean paradise is interrupted by Logan, just arrived to recruit Gal for a London heist led by mob boss Teddy Bass (Ian McShane). Gal refuses the job; Logan won't hear it. He's human nitroglycerine, ready to explode at the slightest provocation, spewing Cockney profanities like armor-piercing bullets. Sexy Beast presents him as hilarious and horrifying, a soloist whose instrument is pure, bilious rage.
Kingsley's volatile performance--the polar opposite of his Oscar?-winning role in Gandhi--expands the actor's range into startlingly unexpected territory. It's the white-hot center of Sexy Beast, but the feature debut of director Jonathan Glazer (after acclaimed TV commercials and music videos) is equally noteworthy for the performance of the lesser-known Winstone, and also for Glazer's brass-knuckle approach to what is, essentially, a conventional gangland thriller. Glazer's instincts aren't always sound (dream sequences involving a hideous man-rabbit prove a bit too peculiar), but with pugilistic rhythm and a humorous knack for combining well-chosen songs and a rough, kinetic visual style, Sexy Beast is a wild ride. --Jeff Shannon.
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