Viewed – 23 July 2011 Blu-ray
A remake of the 1947 brit-gangster movie of the same name, replacing Richard Attenborough with relative newcomer Sam Riley, and transports the story to the 60’s Mods & Rockers era. Pinkie Brown is a small time hoodlum who is involved in the murder of the man responsible for his bosses’ death, and attracts the attention of not only the cafe owning friend of the victim (Helen Mirren) but also an innocent waitress, Rose who happened to be the last person to see the victim alive. Pinkie chooses to go after the young waitress and ask her out in an attempt to keep her from going to the police, but his violent background and those close to Rose conspire to come between them.
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