This fraternal relationship is one of the core elements of the film. Hardy definitely did a fine job with this double role he has here and his acting, together with the film's script, result in a couple pretty great moments. Actor Tom Hardy plays twin brothers Ronald and Reggie Kray, who are very different in terms of character for the most part of the film, but actually really similar in terms of certain crucial situations. Confidential') and runs for an impressive 132 minutes. It was written and directed by Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland ('L.A. In the shadows of Johnny Depp's 'Black Mass', there is another crime thriller based on real characters and events from 2015: This is 'Legend'. Reviewed by Horst_In_Translation 6 / 10 A solid effort and outcome Overall, Hardy is showing that he's stretching and taking chances. The brothers' relationship is the heart of the movie. The best scene is when the brothers fight. Its intensity is not high enough and I don't just mean its violence. There is something slightly off about the movie. It takes a little time to get used to it. His mannerisms for Ron are distracting at first. Tom Hardy gets to do some big-time duo role acting. The twin's connection is unbreakable and ultimately their downfall. They get into a partnership with American mobster Angelo Bruno (Chazz Palminteri). The twins rise up to the top with the downfall of their rivals and help from their business frontman Leslie Payne (David Thewlis). Reggie is taken s Shea (Emily Browning) who eventually becomes his wife. Police detective Nipper Read (Christopher Eccleston) is after them but he's always one step behind. Ron is unstable especially when he doesn't take his pills.

Reggie is brutally violent but Ron is on another level. Reggie and Ron Kray (Tom Hardy) are twin low-life gangsters in the East End. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10 duo role acting for Hardy It's certainly not a bad film, but is it something I'd watch again? Not really - I'd prefer going back to THE KRAYS. Thus at times LEGEND feels like a romance rather than the gangster epic it should be. In contrast, it bigs up the role s Shea played in the story, giving her way too much screen time at the expense of others. For some reason this film plays down the pivotal relationship between the Krays and their mother the latter only appears in a couple of scenes. I've read Reggie's autobiography so have some experience with the facts. LEGEND also messes up some of the source material, which is a little odd. It's present in Tom Hardy's dual role the special effects are excellent (and have come a long way since Van Damme played twins in DOUBLE IMPACT) but Ronnie Kray is nothing more than a caricature here, a weirdo played for maximum relish by the off-beat actor. This jokey approach to the material manifests itself in the violent moments, which are rather incredibly played for laughs whereas really the raw power of the incidents should have come out. It feels like Helgeland wanted to make the story a comedy, which is the last thing it could be. What a shame, then, that all of the pivotal scenes are so oddly staged in a semi-humorous tone. The setting-up scenes are fine, the transition scenes are fine, and the film is well-shot throughout with an excellent eye for realism and a decent budget.

The issues with LEGEND are entirely down to tone, and the tone just isn't right. The problem lies with the direction, which is oddly inexperienced for a long-time director like Brian Helgeland. While I enjoyed LEGEND on a superficial level, I found it an oddly hollow viewing experience and not as good as the previous version.

The second of the big screen retellings of the Kray storyline, following on from 1990's THE KRAYS which starred real-life brothers Martin and Gary Kemp as the terrible twosome. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10 Solid, but flawed

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