Review of Legend (2015) by Benthebrownie — 09 Dec 2015
It's hard to make the perfect crime film. After Goodfellas, The Departed and The Godfather Part II It's extremely hard to make a perfect mob movie. But legend did an exceptional job. It's not perfect but I can easily say that it's one of the better films in theaters right now.
The acting was amazing! Tom Hardy did an amazing job getting into both of his roles as Ron and Reggie Kray. I haven't seen an actor fulfill both his roles so well and with both characters personality's being almost completely different.
It's quite an achievement on Tom Hardy's part. Ron Kray's romance side plot felt like it was used only to fill up time. It could have been done better but I can't complain about it that much because it's a true story and I would probably criticize it more if it wasn't included in the movie but It just felt so forced and unneeded.
This movie is very dialogue driven and there aren't explosions going on all the time but the dialogue is so captivating that you just get lost in the movie ear/eye candy. I say ear/eye because not only is the screenplay phenomenal but the cinematography even more so.
You always feel like you are in 1960's London and never in present day. In the end, legend was pretty awesome. The Writing, chemistry, directing, cinematography and acting are spot on. Some parts did drag on and it was a bit longer then it should've been but besides that.
Awesome! I'm giving this one an 8.
This review of Legend (2015) was written by Benthebrownie on 09 Dec 2015.
Legend has generally received positive reviews.
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