Netflix recently released a film that played a key role in the casting of Daniel Craig as James Bond. The film was directed by Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn
Are you still looking for a streaming tip tonight, preferably with former James Bond actor Daniel Craig? Then it’s worth taking a look at the gangster thriller Layer Cake, which was added to Netflix’s catalog in the new year. The film, which is now 20 years old, catapulted several careers into the next phase
Daniel Craig plays a drug dealer who has had enough of the business
Layer Cake is based on the novel of the same name by J. J. Connolly, in which a drug dealer wants out of the business – which (naturally) only draws him further into it.
Daniel Craig plays the unspecified protagonist XXXX, who is given two new tasks by his boss instead of retiring on coke: He is to find his boss’s runaway daughter and pull off a major ecstasy deal. However, there is more to both jobs than initially expected and XXXX himself ends up in the firing line.
(Layer Cake)
Screenwriter Connolly develops a broad ensemble of bizarre and/or dangerous characters from organized crime (including Tom Hardy, Colm Meaney and Michael Gambon), who are reminiscent of Guy Ritchie’s films. Matthew Vaughn began his career as a producer of British gangster films, including Jack Queen King GrAs and Snatch. He made his directorial debut with Layer Cake, which was followed by The Star Walker and, at some point, Kingsman: The Secret Service.
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