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Amorcée par Quentin Tarantino dans Reservoir Dogs, la vague des films de gangsters drôles et violents ne cesse de faire des petits. Dernier né du genre issu de la Grande-Bretagne, Sexy Beast, premier long métrage de Jonathan Glazer, est tout à fait à la hauteur de ses prédécesseurs.

Après quelques années de prison, le criminel Gary Dove profite d’une retraite dorée avec sa femme, ancienne star de la porno, sur la Costa del Sol espagnole. Jusqu’au jour où le dément Don Logan, ancien compagnon d’armes dont la rage furieuse semble sans limite, tente de le convaincre de reprendre du service. Le refus ne fait pas partie des choix qu’il lui donne.

Jonathan Glazer axe son film sur la guerre des nerfs que se livrent deux hommes au charisme impressionnant, évitant ainsi les clichés qu’aurait pu générer le thème ultra-classique du gangster qui n’arrive pas à se repentir. Les dialogues sont crus, la violence parfois pure, mais ce sont aussi les interprétations impeccables de Ray Winstone et de Ben Kingsley (mis en nomination aux oscars pour ce rôle), dont la folie malsaine est glaçante, qui teintent l’ensemble d’une intensité étonnante. Soutenu par une réalisation élégante et innovatrice, faite de flash-back et d’hallucinations cauchemardesques, agrémenté d’une bande son particulièrement accrocheuse et d’un humour noir dévastateur, Sexy Beast est un film tout simplement jubilatoire. --Helen Faradji

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Riveting in his intensity, Ben Kingsley delivers "his best performance ever" (Premiere Magazine) in this high-voltage crime thriller that crackles with chilling style and wit. A savage gangstere name Don Logan (Kingsley) is met with resistance when he tries to recruit a retired pal (Ray Winstone) for "one last job." But Logan just won't take no for an answer...

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2.0 out of 5 stars gangsta' flick with a different twist..., Nov 5 2003

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private__ (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sexy Beast (Widescreen) (DVD)

i'm afraid this film has little to offer besides an excellent cast of actors... i was drawn to it by the fact that it was all filmed in a remote spanish town where i happened to vacation one easter break, though i knew nothing else about the film. not being a lover of gangster/mob/mafia flicks to begin with, i was turned off once i figured out that that was the genre of the film (though the screenwriter keeps you guessing as to what the main character's former profession was for at least twenty gruelling minutes, in what is sort of a tired way to keep you watching the film...guessing what it is he might be...though you are 99% certain it is related with crime)...

in any case, once you realize it is a gangster movie, the plot is incredibly simple and uninteresting: ex-con has "retired" and is asked to do one last job by evil psychotic former con cohort... from there you can pretty much imagine the rest: he doesn't want to do this last job, his wife pressures him, the former cohort is an a!$$%hole (great performance by kingsley, though this type of character seems silly to me)... you can either guess the rest or watch the film, but you can imagine that there are only 2-3 possibilities...

i would just add that, though the movie takes place in spain, the few spaniards that appear in the movie are portrayed in a completely absurd manner, about as sophisticated as the way africans or asians might have been portrayed in the twenties in a film about british colonizers... (serve me the tea, sahib/bring me a beer, juanito...almost the same)... there is a completely ridiculous and unrealistic scene in a spanish airport: the scene is resolved in such an absurd way that would NEVER truly occur in this country (to begin with the airport official wouldn't have understood a word the british character was saying), but i will let you judge for yourself!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Only reason to see this: Kingsley's portrayal of Don Logan, Sep 28 2003

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jimnypivo "Jim Hisson" (west of Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

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Two of my most literate friends recommended this film to me. As they are usually good in that department, I saw it. Sadly, I did not care for it. As far as Brit Gangster flicks go, I much preferred *The Last Good Friday* with Bob Hoskins.

*Sexy Beast* did nothing to move me emotionally. I did not learn new things from watching it. However, Ben Kingsley was Oscar-worthy in his gnawing portrayal of the most irritating cinematic character since JarJar Binks.

Ray Winstone carries the unlikely protagonist's role by sensitively underplaying it. At the same time he seems so numb about everything that nothing but Kingsley gets a rise out of him.

This is not a classic heist flick. It's more is a welterweight, along the lines of 'Thief'(with James Caan). It was not as engrossing as 'The Usual Suspects', nor as entertaining as 'Ocean's 11'. One good thing ---it was WAY better than 3000 Miles to Graceland. That stinker was a total waste of time.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Unrelenting British Gangster Film, May 18 2003

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If you like gangster films, you'll be able to sit through this one, but be forewarned, it's one of those British films that is very, very violent and in your face at all times. Ben Kingsley plays the most irritating and threatening houseguest this side of The Big Bad Wolf who will just not give up trying to convince a retired crime dude, Gal, to accept a "job." Gal and the Kingsley character go back and forth, back and forth arguing about the "job." After a while, the audience start to think, OK WE GET THE POINT! Can we just move on? Positives: a great cast with great faces, a soundtrack that is quirky without being intrusive or distracting and perfect settings (hot sunny Spain and cool dark London). As with most films from the British Isles, I just can not understand the dialogue, so the closed caption feature really helps.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
Actually I've seen this movie before on tv and I wanted to have a copy because I thought this movie is amazing! Read more

Published 22 months ago by Shahmyn Cecille Sencio

3.0 out of 5 stars Great performances, but the movie doesn't quite make it
A retired ex-patriate gangster (Ray Winstone), living in Spain, is reluctantly pulled back to his native England to do One More Job. Read more

Published on July 20 2004 by David Bonesteel