London Boulevard
Harry Mitchel is an ex-con who want to make a fresh start. He helps an famous actress and becomes her guard, protecting her from paparazzi. He finds himself in trouble when a vicious gangster forces him back to crime and work for him. How can he avoid the gang and find a way to love?
9 June 1968, Stepney, London, England, UK
18 December 1954
17 June 1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3 August 1973, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
20 March 1963, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
24 August 1970, Pitesti, Romania
April 05, 2015
Monahan's debut feels like it's missing some connective tissue, but it still manages to standout from the herd.
March 09, 2012
There are all kinds of weirdo supporting players and the requisite amount of bloody killing scenes, but it doesn't add up to much and London Boulevard just feels like its trying to hard to be edgy.
November 11, 2011
In trying to take a bite out of crime and another out of fame, [Monahan has] ended up with more than he can chew for his first time in the director's chair.
January 27, 2012
London Boulevard is a mess, a fascinating, exhilarating, infuriating, emotional, tragic and euphoric mess, but still a mess all the same.
November 10, 2011
There is too much to be absorbed in too little time and not enough tissue connecting abbreviated, sometimes unnecessary subplots.
November 11, 2011
A movie is more than dialogue and a soundtrack. And direction is a lot more than making sure all your favorite parts of your own script make it to the screen intact.
November 10, 2011
Had the film stood still more often, its stylish gambit would have worked better.
November 11, 2011
Monahan's trademark tart dialogue is as strong as ever, and Farrell and Winstone make for a formidable pair of opponents.
July 16, 2012
As gangster thrillers go, this one is a ripper. William Monahan, Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Departed (2006) has adapted Ken Bruen's book in great style and directs his top cast adroitly
December 03, 2011
Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley make a dynamite pairing.
November 22, 2011
A stylish if familiar tale of a man hopelessly entangled in his past.
January 30, 2012
This crime story smacks of all-too-familiar elements and is told with a blandly straightforward approach.
