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The film trundles along quite merrily without much plot, easily driven by the tension of the original premise.

This is a fantastic chance to see some of the industry's greatest talents at the top of their game.

16-year-old Andrew Strong has a voice that blows your socks off

By avoiding the cliche of tart-with-a-heart, Kerrigan dives into the murky depths of psychological motivation

It’s Sheen’s ability to humanise the brilliant-yet-volatile legend that hits the back of the net hardest.

Marshall is, first and foremost, an action director, and the various fight scenes in the film are well distributed so that we never have to wait too long before it gets back on track.

The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

Ray Winstone has always been at his best in comedy, and here he excels.

With plenty of meat for its fine cast to chew on, the film is often intense but never loses its nuance.

The delivery of the script is highly polished from a large ensemble cast with CVs running off the page.

Flails about through a series of ostensible set-pieces until it reaches a conclusion that verges on the nonsensical.

The latest piece of gangland roughage is suitably violent, with a who-gives-a-monkeys attitude.

There’s some innovative work in which water surges up against the camera as a shark lunges, and glimpsing just parts of these animals gives us a greater sense of their power.

There’s plenty here that’s by the book, from the playful stereotyping of some of the villagers to the founding of the family feud in a dispute over a red-headed woman, but it’s well played.

Worth a look if you appreciate four top actors giving better performances than the material really deserves.

The family built barriers to stop Hollywood intrusion into the private life of JRR, their famous son, which ironically makes for a better film.