Tom Hardy as the Kray twins in "Legend"

[Pink Ranger]

This looks bloody awesome.

It only takes one Tom Hardy to do the work of two Kemp brothers. You know that much is true.

The only way to prove that is if we started a new rock band and got Tom to play bass and keyboards simultaneously.

 

[The Endless]

September the 9th... my birthday! Woohoo! This looks great and surprisingly funny.

 

[Lencho01]

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[Napoleon]

September the 9th... my birthday! Woohoo! This looks great and surprisingly funny.

Ditto

 

[Lencho01]

Film Review: Tom Hardy in ‘Legend’

 

[Schlosser85]

From their appearance at the premiere, Tom and Charlotte are definitely expecting.

 

[Anita18]

Film Review: Tom Hardy in ‘Legend’

SO HERE FOR THIS! Why wasn't I in this thread before?!?!?!

From their appearance at the premiere, Tom and Charlotte are definitely expecting.

My first thought was, "OMG she looks fantastic with short hair!" and then "ZOMGGGG!"

I'm so ready for more Tom in a baseball cap and wifebeater, rapping while wearing a baby carrier.

 

[Black Narcissus]

I hear there is no middle ground for this one. Critics are totally raving it or haaating it with passion. I hope Mad Max along with The Revenant will be enough for Tommy and get a nom. Congrats on the rugrat as well.

 

[Lencho01]

https://***********/benfraserlee/status/641368752798306304

Incredible way of making my two star review seem like I didn't hate the film

Review...

http://www.theguardian.com/film/201...rdy-on-double-duty-in-cartoonish-krays-biopic

 

[Napoleon]

Just found out that this doesn't come out in the U.S. until October 2. Dammit, would have been a great movie to go see for my birthday.

 

[kvz5]

That is one smart marketing team.

 

[flickchick85]

I mean, that is really clever on the part of the graphic designer. Can't hate.

 

[CaptainWagner]

That is some great evil genius on the part of the graphic designer. Give the man a gold star!

 

[Deserana]

Saw this tonight. It's most definitely Hardy's film. I'd compare it most to Dominic Cooper in The Devils Double an outstanding performance elevating an average movie. The movie has no focus, it didn't really feel like a rise and fall story nor a deep character study of the Kray's, just a general who they and some stuff they went through.

It does start off with a very impressive Goodfellas-esque long take that I swear went on for at least 10 minutes. But as I said the focus is on Hardy and boy he delivers, the accent I can imagine may be a little difficult for US audiences as it strays into high levels of London cockney at times. Both performances are distinctive, it's not Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy with glasses it's Ronnie and Reggie.

When Reggie is on screen you're feel more relaxed due to his charisma and charm (though don't get me wrong he definitely isn't "good" he's just as, if not more, brutal as his brother) but when Ronnie appears you're worried for anyone with the frame.

But his performance is sadly where it stops being great IMO, literally everyone other than a decent Emily Browning is pushed to a very small side role. Paul Bettany is in the film maybe 5 minutes and the Christopher Ecclestone police plot line is poorly plodded in between long intervals. He's in it one 3rd through then maybe isn't really seen again for about 20 minutes.

You seem to simply just get whiffs of everything within the Kray's life, they touch on how politicians in their sleazy clubs or how they have bought some of the police but it never follows up or even does anything with them. There just didn't seem to be any link or plot more like a slice of life but of stuff that if you already know about the Kray's, you've seen before.

But whilst that sounds negative I would still recommend it, Hardy is great and there are definitely some memorable scenes (and one particular VERY brutal and disturbingly real) and some gorgeous cinematography. However, it felt a little uneven at times and completely picked up and dropped plot lines every now and again.

Solid 3/5

 

[Lencho01]

Get a Double Dose of Tom Hardy in New ‘Legend’ Images

 

[Blue42]

Tom Hardy's 'Legend' is pushed back to November 20th, 2015.
http://deadline.com/2015/09/tom-hardy-legend-november-20-release-date-change-1201530590/

 

[Schlosser85]

Ugh, why pushed back over a month?

 

[Rowsdower!]

LOL, Schlosser, your avvy totally makes it look like an angry Tom Hardy is asking that question.

 

[CaptainWagner]

First Steve Jobs, now this. Why?

 

[BatmanFanboy]

When do they push a film back like that so last minute? Are they trying to fix the editing due to lackluster reviews? I never thought this film looked great now i'm not really interested in seeing it.

 

[Deserana]

Can't get why. The film just isn't all that. A round in the editing room won't fix the problems of cartoonish characters and average plot.

 

[Schlosser85]

From the sound of things it's like Bronson, a great performance by Hardy in a mediocre movie.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

From the sound of things it's like Bronson, a great performance by Hardy in a mediocre movie.

exactly, its an alright movie that has a lot of problems but a decent way to kill two hours

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Wow, there. Completely disagree. While Hardy is the man who makes the film work (how could he not, he is in it for almost the whole thing), the film has considerable craft and artistry to claim it was mediocre elsewhere.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I was really excited for this one to come out next week. Why the hell did they delay the release?