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Love, honour and obey

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Jonny (Jonny Lee Miller) dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his best friend Jude (Jude Law), nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed (Ray Winstone), he wins his way into the toughest gang in north London. Hungry for some real gangster action, Jonny sparks a deadly feud between Ray's gang and another firm in south London, led by Sean (Sean Pertwee).

In the Brit gangster tradition, Love, honour and obey is wickedly funny, comic take on the lives of a group of gangsters and their passion for family, friends... and karaoke!

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film crime UK gangster London feud drugs murder karaoke loser

Persons of interest

Sadie Frost .... Sadie
Jonny Lee Miller .... Jonny
Jude Law .... Jude
Ray Winstone .... Ray Kreed
Kathy Burke .... Kathy
Sean Pertwee .... Sean
Denise Van Outen .... Maureen
Rhys Ifans .... Matthew
Dominic Anciano .... Dominic
Ray Burdis .... Ray
John Beckett .... John
Trevor Laird .... Trevor
William Scully .... Bill
Perry Benson .... Perry "Fat Alan"
Dominic Anciano .... Screenwriter
Ray Burdis .... Screenwriter
Dominic Anciano .... Director
Ray Burdis .... Director

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Studios and distributors:

Universal Pictures

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Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Hee, hee, hee.

With the same black humour that made Lock, stock and two smoking barrels such a fun flick and the same callous disregard for mere legalities, Love, honour and obey is the perfect DVD to add to your collection. It doesn't have the singular sense of style that Guy Ritchie brought to its better known cousin but you'll still get your dose of London thugs with too much time and not enough money. It's a laugh a minute as two friendly crime lords get caught in an escalating spiral of crime, violence and revenge.

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Ray Winstone is his usual tough, gruff, cuddly self (see also Sexy beast) but it is Jude Law and Jonny Lee Miller who have to carry the film on their shoulders. Jude's looks notwithstanding, he is perfect as the young lieutenant whose balls are slightly too big for his britches. The side is let down by Johnny's working stiff turned young turk, who never quite manages to be a three-dimensional character. It's a shame because one more rewrite of the script could've given Jonny just the touch of eagerness that he needs.

By the way, don't worry about the actors having the same names as their characters, it's just a bit of filmmaker cleverness. You'll have forgotten all about it 10 minutes in.