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Ray's nephew Jude (Jude Law) is begged by bored courier Johnny
(Johnny Lee Miller) for an introduction to Uncle Ray so he
can join the gang.
Given a chance by Ray, Johnny then sets out to prove himself
and does so extremely well. So well, in fact, that he becomes
Ray's golden-haired boy and gets given the organisation of
his boss's wedding.
All this doesn't grab Johnny as a gangster-style of work
and so he sets out to create trouble with the South London
rivals led by Sean Pertwee, who is one of the best bits of
the movie.
As the violence escalates, the enmity between Johnny and
his opposite number Matthew (Rhys Ifans) gets out of hand
causing no end of mayhem - and not a little humour - on the
streets of London.
And humour is one of the best weapons in Love, Honour
and Obey. Whether it be a gang enforcer's erection problems
- and his mate's ways of getting him reinterested in sex -
the luckless flunky, or the gobsmacking gunfight in the junk
yard which ends with one of the funniest situations I have
seen for a very long time.
However, while funny, Love, Honour and Obey is very
violent and the mix of humour and extreme nastiness gives
it an edge that you don't really expect.
The transfer is fine, although not one of the best around,
and the sound is stereo - which is a major disappointment.
This should have been 5.1!
Love, Honour and Obey is heartily recommended as
you will really get involved in the situations and with the
characters. It is funny, savage and that bloody song will
not leave my head.
"Sleep like a baby,
my little lady,
Dream till the sunrise
creeps into your eyes
Dream till the sunrise
Turns on the day.
In the Avenues and Alleyways
while you sleep there's a whole world coming alive
Able and his brother, fighting one another
in and out of every dive
The Avenues and Alleyways
where the strong and the quick alone can survive
Look around the jungle
see the rough and tumble
Listen to a squealer cry
Then a little later
in the morning paper
Read about the way he died.
Wake up my pretty
Go to the city
Stay through the daytime
safe in the sunshine
stay till the daytime
turns into night.
In the Avenues and Alleyways
Where a man's gotta work out which side he's on
any way he chooses
chances are he loses
no one gets to live too long
the avenues and alleyways
Where the soul of a man is easy to buy
everybody's wheeling
everybody's steeling
all the low are living high
Every city's got em
can we ever stop em
some of us ... are gonna try."
Conclusion: Movie 90%, Extras 20%
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