A middle-aged crime boss smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood in Swinging 60's London, he aped his mod boss Freddie Mays, and seemed to do anything for him. But his narration exposes all-consuming envy: of Freddie's supremacy, and especially his tall bird. The baby shark develops his viciousness and backstabbing, scheming to be Gangster No. 1.... (Full plot summary below)
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A middle-aged crime boss smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood in Swinging 60's London, he aped his mod boss Freddie Mays, and seemed to do anything for him. But his narration exposes all-consuming envy: of Freddie's supremacy, and especially his tall bird. The baby shark develops his viciousness and backstabbing, scheming to be Gangster No. 1.
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| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesIn an Oscar caliber performance, Bettany plays an explosive character who spends most of the time repressing an evil grin. |
| New York PostMegan TurnerIt's more than a rip-off of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but less than the Pulp Fiction-esque genre-bender it aspires to be. |
| Journal News (Westchester, NY)Marshall FineThe period -- swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1, but falls apart long before the end. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis conclusion is too pat to be satisfying, but the film has a kind of hard, cold effect. |
| Sight and SoundMark KermodeIt's a handsomely ugly affair, well dressed enough to make a few friends, but tough enough to make just as many enemies. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chase. . .captures the kinetic quality of the 60s with jump-action pacing, groovy camera angles and the occasional split screen treatment that never crosses the line into camp. |
| New TimesGregory WeinkaufTaut, corrosive and compelling, Gangster No. 1 has the galvanic appeal of "Little Caesar" and "Scarface" in its full-sized portrait of a brilliant but twisted and savage criminal. |
| SPLICEDWireRob Blackwelder...two brilliantly vile performances by two sublimely in-sync actors. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasGangster No. 1 is solid, satisfying fare for adults. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneDavid ElliottA prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp. |
