Gangster No. 1

this movie is badass and to see it only made 30,000 in the box office just because it is an IFC movie is pretty lame. I hate how the best movies get no respect because hollywood directors get butt*****ed by the... Full review

Thirty years after entering the cultural conscience with the his groundbreaking performance as Alex deLarge in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Malcolm McDowell returns to the screen in this unabashedly violent and emotionally detached film about envy amongst gangsters and the need... Full review

Gangster No.1 shows the rise and fall of a prominent English gangster. Malcolm McDowell is Gangster 55, telling the story in voice overs, and Paul Bettany shines as the Young Gangster giving a great performance, which carries the film from... Full review

The story might be rather ordinary and it may become less interesting after the first hour or so, but this is generally intriguing stuff. The film is effectively narrated and performed by Malcolm McDowell, but Paul Bettany is the one... Full review

Its easy to see why people think this film is over violent and trying to shock, but then thats because they just don't get the finer nuances.This film is Excellent. The direction is amazing and Bettany, Thewlis and McDowell are... Full review

The story begins in 1999, with an old gangster performed by Malcolm McDowell being advised that Freddie Mays (David Thewlis) would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls 1968, when he was a young... Full review

I saw this movie to see Paul Bettany once again. I enjoyed his performances in <A Beautiful Mind> and <A Knight's Tale>, and wanted to see him in something heavier. Gangster No 1 seemed like the ideal role to see... Full review

What a mug! The evil-harlequin mask of Malcolm McDowell, so familiar from those bugeyed closeups of him "mounching lumpchiks of toast" in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, has aged into a fabulous ruin. And one of the pleasures of the glib, slick,... Full review

GANGSTER NO.1 (2002) *** Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows. Bloody good Brit flick about English thugs recalled in flashback by McDowell and portrayed by Bettany (both equally excellent in a teeth-gnashing kind of way) recollecting their bumpy... Full review

Ever since the release of Quentin Tarantino's crime drama 'Pulp Fiction'; it seems as if every other crime drama must reinvent itself. 'Gangster No. 1' falls into that category and while having many flaws, it still manages to capture the... Full review

The film opens in the present, with the Number 1, here played by Malcolm McDowell at his gleefully wicked best, puffing on a cigar at a posh club, laughing and swapping stories while sipping champagne and paying scant attention to the boxing match at which he has ringside seats. ... Full Review

entertaining in a very creepy way, it's speedy dialogue and realistic acting is quick, witty and to the point..... ... Full Review

What's most striking about it is that in addition to the diverse camera angles and surprising visual "tricks" used to create the style of Gangster No. What saves it from dipping below average is that the widescreen version of the film, preserving its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, is anamorphically enhanced. ... Full Review

What is valuable about Gangster No. Director Paul McGuigan boasts a style that is energetic but never aggressive or obnoxious. The young actor pulls off quite a trick: being at once massively charismatic and never sympathetic in the least. ... Full Review

He's even better taking on the title role in Gangster No. His name is Paul Bettany, and he is good. ... Full Review

Given his filmography of stylized thrillers, Scottish director Paul McGuigan ( Gangster No. 1 , Wicker Park , Lucky Number Slevin ) seemed a fitting choice to helm this month's supernatural actioner Push , a Hong Kong-set sci-fi adventure about... ... Full Article

When Being Just Number ONE Will Not SufficeMALCOLM McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Blue Thunder) is the already aged Gangster N0.1 and  PAUL Bettany plays McDowell's 30 years younger up & coming ruthless Gangster N0 55 with psychotic zeal yearning to be... ... Full Article

October 1, 2004 - Superhero Hype points out that the latest issue of Wizard Magazine says Paul McGuigan ( Gangster No. 1 , Wicker Park ) will direct Deathlok . ... Full Article

There is something insanely enjoyable about Paul McGuigan's English crime film "Gangster No. 1." Aside from the rather oddball title, the movie brings a fresh perspective to the Rise and Fall of the Gangster genre by treating its subject matter... ... Full Article

After the recent success of British gangster films like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, independent film distributor IFC Films has decided to release this feature. ... Full Article

Todays movie is brought to you by the letters F and C. The more tough guys there are on screen, the more they splash around swear words like a teenager with his first bottle of cheap aftershave. ... Full Article