A Roaring-Twenties action picture that doesn't exactly revitalize the period gangster genre. In 1927, three young Englishmen Jimmy (Marc Warren), Eddy (Stephen Lord) and Dan (Ralph Little) leave behind continental poverty, labor at shipboard drudgery to pay for passage to America and then embark on careers as small-time crooks. Jimmy catches the eye of Georgino (Al Sapienza); a lieutenant for Al Capone (Julian Littman); Georgino's eye for pugilistic talent gives Jimmy a step up the underworld ladder as a boxer. Jimmy can't resist bedding Georgino's moll, Edith (Kirsty Mitchell), even though he knows aggravating Capone's main man isn't a smart move. The ...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins