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Overall Rank: 12885
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 9
Theatrical Release Date: 01/15/2010
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/20/2010
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Malcolm Venville
Actors: John Hurt, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Tom Wilkinson, Joanne Whalley, Dave Legeno
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"44 Inch Chest" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/10/2012
When an East End villain's wife leaves him for another man, he and his crew of old lags kidnap her new beau and leave him to stew in his own fear while they decide on the appropriate punishment. 44 Inch Chest is a rather unusual affair in that although its subject matter is that of the typical cockney gangster, it's a very wordy, character driven affair in which very little actually happens. It's essentially about a man whose self image is rooted in bare fisted, testosterone fuelled machismo coming to terms with rejection and loss. The story nearly in its entirety is set in the same room as as such feels very stagey; more often than not it looks more like the play for toady than a cinema going experience and anyone expecting gangster h- jinx in the vein of guy Ritchie will be very …
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