Layer Cake

I'll have to admit that I only watched Layer Cake because I've read that Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond. It's a good crime caper that deserves to be seen despite Craig's upcoming job, with an interesting plot and a stable of great supporting actors (Colm Meaney, Michael Gambon, and Kenneth Cranham). You'll never know the name of Craig's character, but call him X, a drug dealer who treats crime like a business and wants to cash out. But his boss (Jimmy, played by Cranham) has other plans. Jimmy wants X to find the missing daughter of his friend Eddie (Gambon) and to negotiate a deal for a huge batch of ecstasy. Things get complicated from here…the daughter isn't exactly missing and the ecstasy was stolen from a Dutch crime lord, who dispatches an enforcer to retrieve it. Sienna Miller makes a brief appearance as the girlfriend of a thug, who Craig seduces with his steely blue eyes. Craig is cool, no doubt about it. He reminds a lot of people of Steve McQueen. I think he's terrific in this role and can be an international star. However, when I've showed his picture to several women and told them this would be the new James Bond, they all the same reaction: he's too old! We'll have to see what happens there, but it's an interesting move for the Broccoli's to make. In the meantime, watch Layer Cake if you haven't already seen it. Crime in the UK is much more interesting than our domestic problems. Nuff said.

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