Yes! A popular thing in the 60's and 70's. The only choice of a European luxury car was a Rolls Royce, a Bentley, or perhaps a Jaguar. So big American cars were imported for the wealthy people. Not so much these days. You might see a modern American Mustang on the roads in the UK, but not many other left hand drive Amercan imports.
My grandfather did business with the krays in the 60s. Apparently they were incredibly polite when they met, and greeted my mother, in a pushchair, and ronnie gently shook her hand. Sure they were terrible people who did terrible things, but they oftentimes showed great kindness and politeness to the ordinary people.
Crazy thing is they are still well known around here. Thousands turned out for the funeral of Reg. Legend is a fitting name for the movie. The car is probably an American import. Good reaction.
Doug and Dinsdale Piranha were based on the Krays. An earlier film was The Krays (1990) starring Billie Whitelaw as the mother and the Kemp brothers from Spandau Ballet as the Kray twins.
According to some stories, just as Ron shot George Cornell in the pub, the song "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" started playing on the jukebox. Whether it happened or not, I've always thought it would've made a nice touch.
You are hands down the best RUclipsr that i have on my channel and this reaction is of course another great one!! Much luv from one of your fans across the sea here in Ireland, have a great new month and i hope this September is a wonderful one.
The woman singing is Duffy. She’s an actual artist, one of her best songs worth checking out is Warwick Avenue. Quality song, love the content and wishing you well from England🏴🇺🇸
Absolutely sparkling reaction! Lived in East London in 1966-1969 as a child. The Krays were celebrities back then and very popular, local boys made good. They were always in the newspapers photographed with film stars, TV stars and pop singers. They came from Bethnal Green, 3 miles from where we lived at the time. At seven years old it all for the most part went past me unnoticed, but my mum thought of them the same as all the other celebrities in London at the time.
Locke is a underated film basically he is the only actor you see all movie, personally i think it's Tom Hardy's best performance completely different from his usual roles and well worth watching.
Ben Mendelssohn is an amazing Australian actor. The year my voice broke with Noah Taylor written by John Duigan. In regards to Joel Edgerton. A very under rated Australian film called Praise. Staring Peter Fenton from the band Crow. A great depiction of toxic behaviour and relationships
Hi Chrissie just discovered your channel. The girl that sings in the clubs, is played by Duffy who is playing (loosely) Judy Garland. She sang on numerous occasions in their clubs
One of my favourite people on RUclips. Your reactions are fantastic 👏 If you're looking for a little more Tom Hardy but a completely different performance...I highly, highly recommend 'Locke'
@@chrissiereacts He sure is and he is brilliant in it. So is Cillian Murphy and the whole cast more or less. That show starts a bit slow but it gets INCREDIBLE.
Cool movie. Tom is a talented boy. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend The Drop. Hardy is awesome and understated and James Gandolfini is tragically brilliant.
If you like this movie you would probably like Gangster No 1. Made in the 2000s and had that stylish 60s British aesthetic. You'll find a lot of the same actors as well.
Hey gorgeous! There is this really underrated movie with Tom Hardy called Locke. The entire thing takes place in a car and Tom is the only actor physically in the movie. It's an unusual concept but it's executed really well and Tom really gets to show his acting chops. Highly recommend
Hey Chrissie, I’m happy you’re enjoying Tom Hardy’s work. He’s quite an excellent actor. Thanks ever so much for sharing your thoughts on this movie. Tom Hardy made a TV series called Tabboo. It’s set in the 1800s and is most definitely worth a watch, even if it’s just for your own enjoyment. It’s dark, grimey a little spooky and his character is so well suited for his skills. Overall great cast and an unusual story to boot. Looking forward to your next reaction and wish you a glorious day. 😊
Good movie.Tom Hardy is great as always. I think “ The Krays” (1990) is the better movie but Hardy is more believable as Ronnie/Reggie Kray. If you like British crime movies, I would recommend “Get Carter” (1971) with Michael Caine or “The Long Good Friday” (1980) with Bob Hoskins, both are classics of the genre.
@@chrissiereacts thinking about it - they probably still are a status symbol now, but you'd have to be relatively wealthier then than now to import a US car. The car in the movie is a Ford Galaxie 500.
The krays were synonymous with all things American, Hesse the cars they wanted to make the east end a British Vegas by owning the bars and clubs they had
My Nan and grandad lived Just down the road from the Richardsons. My old grandad dressed just like this film and looked like he could sit perfectly into this film, hands like shovels
Its funny how the krays are always shown as being the top badmen of this era, but if you actually know the crime scene of this time the Richardson gang was the more feared
I always liked this movie for lots of good reasons (Tom Hardy and rest of the cast, and the storytelling quality) but I always felt it didn't quite understand where all this violence and desperate crime came from. It came from poverty. No one had any money in east London or in any major British inner cities in those days. So, for instance, the young woman might have wanted to run, but she simply couldn't or, indeed, wouldn't know how to. This Hardy vehicle is actually a bit of a remake of a smaller movie from 1990 which I actually prefer to this, mainly because that movie absolutely did get it. For instance, there's a great scene at the heart of the 1990 movie where one of the Kray's mother's own "circle" (an aunt I think, if memory serves) delivers a bitter monologue about "men". I haven't seen that movie for years so I might have to watch it again!
One of my relatives used to know their brother Charlie Kray(I didn't even know there was another brother). She was telling us about her times in London and Charlie came up. They used to go out to one of the clubs owned by the Krays, and he often offered to have one of the lads walk the girls home to ensure they got back safe. She said he would say "Make sure my girls get back home safe" and they would think "Your girls?". she still has some Christmas cards from the Kray family 😂
The take!! Favourite TH performance its based on a martina cole book about 80s gangster familly its a 3 part series origanly on tv, pretty dark but a must see
I'm kind of surprised you hadn't heard of them before - when you said at the end 'wait, this was a real story?'. There's been a few films about them, but yeah, real. Often cited as the reason the mafia never took off in London/UK due to these pair.
For an example of how good he can be, check out Hardy in the movie Locke. It's about a man balancing 3 major life changes on the phone and under stress whilst it's all shot with just him driving at night on a freeway.
Some of us Brits would say "Smash the granny out of you" which can also refer to an term for fighting. " knock the granny out of you" has to be the original idiom(it also means other things in which it is useful to check out)
Really then why doesn't he challenge himself by playing other roles Instead of tough guys all the time, Bronson, bane. Warrior, lawless legend. Capone, all tough guys roles. Why no. Musical dramas by the great actor, Or no comedy's by the great actor, Cause he can only play tough guys
Ron didn't want the "Gangster Life" that had already been won. He wanted the Grind of blasting his way to the top like criminals of old. He was never going to bow out, get married, have kids and a nice house as he collects his 10% on all illegal activity. He wanted to be like Scarface, holed up in his fortress with an assault rifle with a grenade launcher attachment. As the enemy storms the palace he is screaming "Come say Hello to my Little Friend". He wanted people to be looking at the paper the next day saying "Jesus Wept, they found Ronny dead with close to a hundred dead gangsters surrounding him. Police say after he had run out of ammo, he wielded his gun like Arthur wielded Excalibur in defense of Albion.. he shot his way into the Hitory Books, and nobody will ever forget theh Ron's Last Stand.... A proper shootout!"
I'll be watching tonight after work; it's always fun to watch with you, Chrissie. You should see the 1990 film, The Krays. These two films balance each other out quite nicely, the 1990 film being far more sinister and hinting at the paranormal. You are very cute and sweet. 🥰😘🤭 xxx
I learned my second language as an adult, but watching London crime movies as a teenager felt like a bit of a prelude. British slang is so bizarre and so extensive that almost everything said is either a figure of speech or a slang word. You could take years of English as a non-native speaker and become fluent in the language, but if you found yourself in that culture it would be like you learned Spanish to go to Portugal. I was in South America volunteering at a conservation camp in the Peruvian rainforest. I was talking to a local who spoke English when a guy from London walked by us and said, "Oi, my telly's done a runnner. Could you give it a bell?" The Peruvian guy had no idea what that sentence could even possibly mean and he told me that I was actually trilingual for understanding "whatever the fuck language that just was." I couldn't "give it a bell" because we were about as far from civilization as you can possibly be without going to space. I reminded him of that and he rolled his eyes, laughed and called himself a "prat," which got me another sidelong look and a chuckle from the Peruvian. I expressed that there was also slang in Peru and he was like, "Yeah, but we didn't overhaul our entire Castellano language to come up with it. Quechua is even better. That's a language where people say exactly what they mean, and best of all it didn't arrive in this place by way of genocide." Listening to the locals hate on the Spanish was so fun. They won't even call their own language "Spanish," instead referring to it by its regional dialect, and young people in that country are very focused on learning Quechua so that they don't have to speak the language of their imperialist oppressors. Fuck, I miss Peru. Nothing will make you understand how shallow our own culture is like living there. It's a place where you can buy mescaline in a market, take it, walk out into the hills higher than freaking God, stumble across an ancient ruin that isn't even on a map, much less does it come with tour guides or entrance fees, and meet a local stranger, also tripping their face off. There you'll have a great conversation about history and spirituality or just a nod and a subtle exchange of unspoken understanding. That's Peru. That is, most significantly, NOT the United States. I'm going to die there. I'm determined. My final days will be in Cusco.
HUUUUUUURRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, good reaction 😂 a suggestion I never see many people watch it but I've watched a lot of your videos and think you might like it "Into the wild"
When you have space for a new show Boardwalk Empire is really good with some amazing characters. It's set in the 1920s and the prohibition era gangsters Al Capone and the like
Yep true story. Also, remember Bronson? He actually knew The Kray Twins, Reggie at least, they were in the same prison. And Tom Hardy played them all 😉🙂
The club singer is "Duffy", she had a short stint in popularity in the British charts in the 2000s I think, she could of made it a bit further in her singing career but I think the was always in the shadows of Amy Whitehouse (similar genre of music), as Amy become more known internationally.
Duffy was never fully comfortable with her rise to fame. She took a hiatus from music shortly after her second album in 2010 due to a terrible traumatic experience where she was abducted, drugged, flown to another country and raped. Her involvement in Legend marked her return to music as well as acting, but she never returned to the spotlight full-time.
Damn, I can't believe you just called me stupid 😂 That's the whole point of my comment. That's why it was so weird that wasn't the case in this movie. Others have explained that this was an imported American car and that's why the steering wheel was on the "North American" side.
I see that you are a big fan of Tom Hardy. You should watch “The Take” It stars Tom Hardy and his real life wife Charlotte Riley. It’s one of the best mini series ever.
Hey Chrissie - You should check out the 1990 "The Krays" film with Martin and Gary Kemp as the brothers, for me always feel like the better film but probably due to familiarity more than anything as Tom Hardy's performance is brilliant. Funnily enough I drove past The Blind Begger (The London Pub in the film where Ronnie Kray murdered George Cornell in full view of witnesses) yesterday as down in London for a work meeting.
yep this is true story and gangsters was more know as The Firms in the uk and they was tended to be loved by there community as they often put money back into the community like the Kray twins in this move donated money to a ton of things like Repton Boys Club a boxing club, the fighting tended not to spill over into the public and was often against each other
20:54 - One of the many things this film got wrong about Ronnie! In real life it was HIS IDEA to do business with the American Mafia and it was HIS IDEA to keep Leslie Payne around! He was much more clever than this film gave him credit for!
Ronnie idolised the likes of Capone that much that he even gathered the leaders of the London underworld to "divide up" London! Apparently, however, Charlie Richardson either said or did something that was as good as laughing in his face which is why he held a grudge against the Richardson's for so long! It's known amongst the old-timers that the Richardson gang were much smarter and much more successful than the Krays...
23:40 - another falsehood of this film is that Reggie abused or "raped" Frances but in real life the likes of Freddie Foreman and others said that Reggie worshiped the ground she walked on and would NEVER have done something like that to her! I've always said that the perfect Kray film would've been Tom Hardy as the Krays, with the guys that played George Cornell and Jack The Hat and the mother that played Violet Kray from the old film!
(4:08) She sat on 'the driver's side' because that's a Lincoln - an imported American car, with the driver's side on the left hand side.
Yes! A popular thing in the 60's and 70's. The only choice of a European luxury car was a Rolls Royce, a Bentley, or perhaps a Jaguar. So big American cars were imported for the wealthy people. Not so much these days. You might see a modern American Mustang on the roads in the UK, but not many other left hand drive Amercan imports.
Plus the Krays were big admirers of old school American gangsters and idolised guys like Al Capone! Which is why they drove those American cars!
My grandfather did business with the krays in the 60s. Apparently they were incredibly polite when they met, and greeted my mother, in a pushchair, and ronnie gently shook her hand. Sure they were terrible people who did terrible things, but they oftentimes showed great kindness and politeness to the ordinary people.
That’s a cool story brother RIP to him if he’s gone otherwise if not wish him the best
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"Paranoid Schizophrenic walks into a bar..."
Fuck me that is such a good scene..
The bit I loved about this reaction was you learning that the Kray twins are real people and this really all did happen. Priceless.
@@HankD13 some bits happened, I am pretty sure some artistic licence was used
@@BennyEggs...I knew someone would say that 😳
@@lordcharfield well done 👍🏿
if your on a Tom Hardy journey then "Lawless" is a must!
YES, the next one id suggest.
yeeeeeesssss indeed
Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction real history adapted
His best by far.
THIS!!!!!
This is a great movie. Tom Hardy really gets to show off his acting chops in this one.
You’re forgiven. You were spot on with the little Bronson story at the end. The Drop with James Gandolfini is worth a reaction.
He did a great job of making two completely different characters
The 'shootaaht' monologue, has to be one of my favourite Tom Hardy moments. Have you seen lawless? Hardy, pierce, labouef etc it's well worth a watch.
Lawless is highly under rated and never spoken about. Amazing film with amazing actors all round
@@beardedloon77 Screenplay and music by Nick Cave.
Personally i think the mini series called Taboo is my fav Hardy content. Supposedly 2 more "seasons" coming also after the long hiatus.
Crazy how few people know about Taboo.
Taboo is amazing
Wait what, there is more?
I have watched them all so many times.
Taboo was a great show.
Taboo would be great if it was ever finished
Crazy thing is they are still well known around here. Thousands turned out for the funeral of Reg. Legend is a fitting name for the movie. The car is probably an American import. Good reaction.
Doug and Dinsdale Piranha were based on the Krays. An earlier film was The Krays (1990) starring Billie Whitelaw as the mother and the Kemp brothers from Spandau Ballet as the Kray twins.
Spikey Norman.
According to some stories, just as Ron shot George Cornell in the pub, the song "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" started playing on the jukebox.
Whether it happened or not, I've always thought it would've made a nice touch.
You are hands down the best RUclipsr that i have on my channel and this reaction is of course another great one!! Much luv from one of your fans across the sea here in Ireland, have a great new month and i hope this September is a wonderful one.
Thank you! 🥰🥰
The woman singing is Duffy. She’s an actual artist, one of her best songs worth checking out is Warwick Avenue. Quality song, love the content and wishing you well from England🏴🇺🇸
Horrific what happened to her 😔
8:14 - Hate to break it to you Chrissie, but your eyes lit up and twinkled when Reggie bit the guy's ear off. 😆
lol Chrissie enjoyed that a little too much😆
Locke - entire film of Hardy driving & talking to a phone. That's it. Its superb.
Agree. Love it.
Really doesn't feel like an hour and a half of a man in a car. Shows his pedigree in my opinion
Great film, but not sure it'd make a great reaction due to the setup - definitely worthwhile watching though.
@@wulfgold maybe not on here. Although I'd pay the patron to see the full film reaction without a doubt
@@jakemorrison8507 most certainly worth seeing it - incredibly tense and I really like the setup.
Locke is amazing. Very very few actors can do that part.
Not sure you could react to it though
I have to say the cheeky look on your face during the, um, punishment scenes spoke volumes lol
Your expressions during the bar brawl scene were priceless! I watched that bit 3 times laughing my arse off! Still loving the content Keep ‘em coming
Absolutely sparkling reaction!
Lived in East London in 1966-1969 as a child. The Krays were celebrities back then and very popular, local boys made good. They were always in the newspapers photographed with film stars, TV stars and pop singers. They came from Bethnal Green, 3 miles from where we lived at the time. At seven years old it all for the most part went past me unnoticed, but my mum thought of them the same as all the other celebrities in London at the time.
“I bent him up like a pretzel - I really fkn hurt him” - the best line in the film 😂
You should watch Taboo, a 2017, 8 part period drama set in 1814 with Tom Hardy, him and his father wrote it. It's excellent.
I agree
Taboo is a good tv show with Tom Hardy
Locke is a underated film basically he is the only actor you see all movie, personally i think it's Tom Hardy's best performance completely different from his usual roles and well worth watching.
Lawless is another one based on a true story and is amazing. I know folks who were in the profession and they loved the movie and books.
Ben Mendelssohn is an amazing Australian actor. The year my voice broke with Noah Taylor written by John Duigan. In regards to Joel Edgerton. A very under rated Australian film called Praise. Staring Peter Fenton from the band Crow. A great depiction of toxic behaviour and relationships
Hi Chrissie just discovered your channel. The girl that sings in the clubs, is played by Duffy who is playing (loosely) Judy Garland. She sang on numerous occasions in their clubs
Taboo season 1.
Tom Hardy is exceptional in this mini series
It's on a Patreon poll right now. Will find out tomorrow if it wins!
One of my favourite people on RUclips. Your reactions are fantastic 👏
If you're looking for a little more Tom Hardy but a completely different performance...I highly, highly recommend 'Locke'
Essential for any Hardy fan is BBC/Netflix Peaky Blinders. A feature film is about to be released too.
He's in that?? I had no idea.
@@chrissiereacts He sure is and he is brilliant in it. So is Cillian Murphy and the whole cast more or less. That show starts a bit slow but it gets INCREDIBLE.
Cool movie. Tom is a talented boy. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend The Drop. Hardy is awesome and understated and James Gandolfini is tragically brilliant.
Underrated movie.
Great movie. Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and the late great James Gandolfini were all awesome in that movie.
If you like this movie you would probably like Gangster No 1. Made in the 2000s and had that stylish 60s British aesthetic. You'll find a lot of the same actors as well.
Hey gorgeous! There is this really underrated movie with Tom Hardy called Locke. The entire thing takes place in a car and Tom is the only actor physically in the movie. It's an unusual concept but it's executed really well and Tom really gets to show his acting chops. Highly recommend
You should try Martina Coles The Take with Tom Hardy. 4 part mini series. Brilliant !
Hey Chrissie, I’m happy you’re enjoying Tom Hardy’s work. He’s quite an excellent actor. Thanks ever so much for sharing your thoughts on this movie.
Tom Hardy made a TV series called Tabboo. It’s set in the 1800s and is most definitely worth a watch, even if it’s just for your own enjoyment. It’s dark, grimey a little spooky and his character is so well suited for his skills. Overall great cast and an unusual story to boot.
Looking forward to your next reaction and wish you a glorious day. 😊
So enjoyable watching this with you, Chrissie. Thank you, darlin'!
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What makes that knife attack even worse (27:38) is the knife would still have had lemon juice all over it. That would really sting...
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@@chrissiereacts or the fact the blood was still vissable many years later
Good movie.Tom Hardy is great as always. I think “ The Krays” (1990) is the better movie but Hardy is more believable as Ronnie/Reggie Kray. If you like British crime movies, I would recommend “Get Carter” (1971) with Michael Caine or “The Long Good Friday” (1980) with Bob Hoskins, both are classics of the genre.
Imported American cars were a big status symbol back in the 60s.
Ahhh! Thank you :)
@@chrissiereacts thinking about it - they probably still are a status symbol now, but you'd have to be relatively wealthier then than now to import a US car.
The car in the movie is a Ford Galaxie 500.
I've seen this film many times.. own it on special edition blu ray(never been opened) honestly never noticed the cars until watching this 😅
@@PeterMoore66 left hand drive in Aus is rare, ive seen a few firebirds and maybe 1-2 Cadillac's
The krays were synonymous with all things American, Hesse the cars they wanted to make the east end a British Vegas by owning the bars and clubs they had
My Nan and grandad lived Just down the road from the Richardsons. My old grandad dressed just like this film and looked like he could sit perfectly into this film, hands like shovels
Watch Taboo , its a great tv series in which Tom is the lead actor but he also wrote it along with his father. Its absolutely brilliant
This!!
@pepeleperth its fantastic isnt it from the writing to the cinematography its beautifully done.
The Krays (1990) with Martin + Gary Kemp definitely worth a watch as well 👍
Yes it's excellent
The Krays were real as was Bronson - Tom Hardy is an acting Legend
Glad you're enjoying the cinematography, Chrissie. It's by a nice chap I actually know - Dick Pope BSC.
When I watched this, I had no idea he had played both roles. Months later, someone told me he had, & initially, I thought 'surely not!' 😄
Surely so, and don't call me Shirley
Emily Browning, who plays the role of Frances, was born here in Melbourne Australia.
Its funny how the krays are always shown as being the top badmen of this era, but if you actually know the crime scene of this time the Richardson gang was the more feared
I always liked this movie for lots of good reasons (Tom Hardy and rest of the cast, and the storytelling quality) but I always felt it didn't quite understand where all this violence and desperate crime came from. It came from poverty. No one had any money in east London or in any major British inner cities in those days. So, for instance, the young woman might have wanted to run, but she simply couldn't or, indeed, wouldn't know how to.
This Hardy vehicle is actually a bit of a remake of a smaller movie from 1990 which I actually prefer to this, mainly because that movie absolutely did get it.
For instance, there's a great scene at the heart of the 1990 movie where one of the Kray's mother's own "circle" (an aunt I think, if memory serves) delivers a bitter monologue about "men". I haven't seen that movie for years so I might have to watch it again!
Like a few people have mentioned on these comments my favourite Tom Hardy movie is Lawless. Also a great performance from Shia LaBeouf .
@24:15. I always pick that up. Charlie was talking about the floods 😅
Every Londoner I've ever met "their uncle hung around with the Krays" 😂
One of my relatives used to know their brother Charlie Kray(I didn't even know there was another brother). She was telling us about her times in London and Charlie came up. They used to go out to one of the clubs owned by the Krays, and he often offered to have one of the lads walk the girls home to ensure they got back safe. She said he would say "Make sure my girls get back home safe" and they would think "Your girls?". she still has some Christmas cards from the Kray family 😂
The take!! Favourite TH performance its based on a martina cole book about 80s gangster familly its a 3 part series origanly on tv, pretty dark but a must see
Whoa Chrissy, you had a glorious yet somehow disturbing grin at the ear bite
I'm kind of surprised you hadn't heard of them before - when you said at the end 'wait, this was a real story?'. There's been a few films about them, but yeah, real. Often cited as the reason the mafia never took off in London/UK due to these pair.
For an example of how good he can be, check out Hardy in the movie Locke. It's about a man balancing 3 major life changes on the phone and under stress whilst it's all shot with just him driving at night on a freeway.
Another Tom Hardy movie I always liked is "Lawless." It has Shia lebouf as well. It's about a family of moonshiners
I've heard great things. High on my list!
stumbled upon your channel tonight, watched 4 of your reactions already :)
Don't get sick of me ;)
@@chrissiereacts Of course not, keep it coming :*
Did you notice the magic lemon sherbet? He crunched it to get to the sherbet but then suddenly it was whole again. 😂
You seem to like raw energy, so please consider Romper Stomper 1992 (Russell Crowe) or Bad Boys 1983 (Sean Penn).
Fark id forgotten about that movie.
Luv "Romper Stomper"! "Skinhead, Skinhead getting really pissed........🎵🎶🎼"
I don’t think it’s been mentioned before but a really great Tom Hardy film which doesn’t get anywhere near the love it should is The Drop.
Truth is stranger than fiction. Once again this movie proves that.
Some of us Brits would say "Smash the granny out of you" which can also refer to an term for fighting.
" knock the granny out of you" has to be the original idiom(it also means other things in which it is useful to check out)
Taboo the series is also a must watch. Unfortunately there's only 1 season, but it's a good one. 😊🎉
For a great Tom Hardy movie, I would highly recommend "Lawless".
Just watched it on Pateron earlier this week! :)
Tom Hardy is a great actor.
Really then why doesn't he challenge himself by playing other roles
Instead of tough guys all the time,
Bronson, bane. Warrior, lawless legend. Capone, all tough guys roles. Why no. Musical dramas by the great actor,
Or no comedy's by the great actor,
Cause he can only play tough guys
Ron didn't want the "Gangster Life" that had already been won. He wanted the Grind of blasting his way to the top like criminals of old. He was never going to bow out, get married, have kids and a nice house as he collects his 10% on all illegal activity. He wanted to be like Scarface, holed up in his fortress with an assault rifle with a grenade launcher attachment. As the enemy storms the palace he is screaming "Come say Hello to my Little Friend". He wanted people to be looking at the paper the next day saying
"Jesus Wept, they found Ronny dead with close to a hundred dead gangsters surrounding him. Police say after he had run out of ammo, he wielded his gun like Arthur wielded Excalibur in defense of Albion.. he shot his way into the Hitory Books, and nobody will ever forget theh Ron's Last Stand.... A proper shootout!"
You forget he's fighting himself in the club brawl scene 😂
Stuart. A life backwards. Tom is Unbelievable in this and it's one of his first movies
There was a movie back in the 90s that was filmed call the krays and it went a lot deeper in to the lifes of them
The twins were played by the Kemp brothers, who were in the band Spandau Ballet.
@@ianbarnard4963 well that one thing I've learnt I didn't know they was in Spandau ballet I know one was in EastEnders for a while
I can't wait to see Chrissies reaction to Wolf Creek
I think that they did these things to survive the crowl world
14:45 that was such a brotherly fight lmao
When I get asked who my favorite actor is I say Tom Hardy with no hesitation.
I'll be watching tonight after work; it's always fun to watch with you, Chrissie. You should see the 1990 film, The Krays. These two films balance each other out quite nicely, the 1990 film being far more sinister and hinting at the paranormal. You are very cute and sweet. 🥰😘🤭 xxx
I'm wondering how long it will be until we see a biopic on the Richardson Brothers?
literally in my top 5 movies all time
Woo chrissie upload means a fantastic day!! 🎉🎉
I learned my second language as an adult, but watching London crime movies as a teenager felt like a bit of a prelude. British slang is so bizarre and so extensive that almost everything said is either a figure of speech or a slang word. You could take years of English as a non-native speaker and become fluent in the language, but if you found yourself in that culture it would be like you learned Spanish to go to Portugal. I was in South America volunteering at a conservation camp in the Peruvian rainforest. I was talking to a local who spoke English when a guy from London walked by us and said, "Oi, my telly's done a runnner. Could you give it a bell?" The Peruvian guy had no idea what that sentence could even possibly mean and he told me that I was actually trilingual for understanding "whatever the fuck language that just was." I couldn't "give it a bell" because we were about as far from civilization as you can possibly be without going to space. I reminded him of that and he rolled his eyes, laughed and called himself a "prat," which got me another sidelong look and a chuckle from the Peruvian. I expressed that there was also slang in Peru and he was like, "Yeah, but we didn't overhaul our entire Castellano language to come up with it. Quechua is even better. That's a language where people say exactly what they mean, and best of all it didn't arrive in this place by way of genocide." Listening to the locals hate on the Spanish was so fun. They won't even call their own language "Spanish," instead referring to it by its regional dialect, and young people in that country are very focused on learning Quechua so that they don't have to speak the language of their imperialist oppressors. Fuck, I miss Peru. Nothing will make you understand how shallow our own culture is like living there. It's a place where you can buy mescaline in a market, take it, walk out into the hills higher than freaking God, stumble across an ancient ruin that isn't even on a map, much less does it come with tour guides or entrance fees, and meet a local stranger, also tripping their face off. There you'll have a great conversation about history and spirituality or just a nod and a subtle exchange of unspoken understanding. That's Peru. That is, most significantly, NOT the United States. I'm going to die there. I'm determined. My final days will be in Cusco.
Great film based on the Kray twins. Very difficult to watch the violent scenes. Hardy is a brilliant actor. Have you seen Peaky blinders yet?
Not yet! I've heard amazing things though so it's on my list.
HUUUUUUURRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, good reaction 😂 a suggestion I never see many people watch it but I've watched a lot of your videos and think you might like it "Into the wild"
When you have space for a new show Boardwalk Empire is really good with some amazing characters. It's set in the 1920s and the prohibition era gangsters Al Capone and the like
Stunning Stephen Graham performance too.
That show made me drink so much more, same with Mad Men
My man's importing the right American cars
Yep true story. Also, remember Bronson? He actually knew The Kray Twins, Reggie at least, they were in the same prison. And Tom Hardy played them all 😉🙂
Very cool!
The club singer is "Duffy", she had a short stint in popularity in the British charts in the 2000s I think, she could of made it a bit further in her singing career but I think the was always in the shadows of Amy Whitehouse (similar genre of music), as Amy become more known internationally.
Duffy was never fully comfortable with her rise to fame. She took a hiatus from music shortly after her second album in 2010 due to a terrible traumatic experience where she was abducted, drugged, flown to another country and raped. Her involvement in Legend marked her return to music as well as acting, but she never returned to the spotlight full-time.
@@gdarmo really? I think I remember something like that, forgot about it obviously. That's a shame as I think she is good.
G'day mate. in Australia and in England we drive the opposite to America
Damn, I can't believe you just called me stupid 😂 That's the whole point of my comment. That's why it was so weird that wasn't the case in this movie. Others have explained that this was an imported American car and that's why the steering wheel was on the "North American" side.
I see that you are a big fan of Tom Hardy. You should watch “The Take”
It stars Tom Hardy and his real life wife Charlotte Riley. It’s one of the best mini series ever.
Krays are fascinating people very big in England.
Hey Chrissie - You should check out the 1990 "The Krays" film with Martin and Gary Kemp as the brothers, for me always feel like the better film but probably due to familiarity more than anything as Tom Hardy's performance is brilliant. Funnily enough I drove past The Blind Begger (The London Pub in the film where Ronnie Kray murdered George Cornell in full view of witnesses) yesterday as down in London for a work meeting.
I'm related to the Krays, they were a different breed for sure.
Are there any more brown hatters and nonc3s in the family?
They only made one season which is sad but you would love Taboo. Great TV show that got sidelined by Covid I believe.
Tinker, Tailor, Soilder, Spy is a good Hardy film.
The Kray twins have been subject to previous coverage - and parodied by Monty Python - as the Pirrahana Brothers
You need to watch ROCKNROLLA,Hardy is excellent 🏴🤟
yep this is true story and gangsters was more know as The Firms in the uk and they was tended to be loved by there community as they often put money back into the community like the Kray twins in this move donated money to a ton of things like Repton Boys Club a boxing club, the fighting tended not to spill over into the public and was often against each other
Antony star plays twins like this in outrageous fortune. Not a bad watch if you're interested
My father in law was in the prison service and dealt with the Krays and Bronson in his career.
first comment :D been waiting for this movie, one of my favorites
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20:54 - One of the many things this film got wrong about Ronnie!
In real life it was HIS IDEA to do business with the American Mafia and it was HIS IDEA to keep Leslie Payne around! He was much more clever than this film gave him credit for!
Ronnie idolised the likes of Capone that much that he even gathered the leaders of the London underworld to "divide up" London!
Apparently, however, Charlie Richardson either said or did something that was as good as laughing in his face which is why he held a grudge against the Richardson's for so long! It's known amongst the old-timers that the Richardson gang were much smarter and much more successful than the Krays...
23:40 - another falsehood of this film is that Reggie abused or "raped" Frances but in real life the likes of Freddie Foreman and others said that Reggie worshiped the ground she walked on and would NEVER have done something like that to her!
I've always said that the perfect Kray film would've been Tom Hardy as the Krays, with the guys that played George Cornell and Jack The Hat and the mother that played Violet Kray from the old film!
Pretty top. Great performance by Hardy