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Legend

2015 · 132 min

A stylish, brooding plunge into gangland glamour that turns steadily colder and sadder as violence and self-destruction close in.

Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston

Tagline: Love, fight, live, rule like a legend.
Overview: Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

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Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
violence
betrayal
family
obsession
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, thriller
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Written by: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Chazz Palminteri, Colin Morgan, Paul Bettany
Music: Carter Burwell
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Runtime: 132 min
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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