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"Love, Honour And Obey (Widescreen) "

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

Unlike "Donny Brasco," a very gripping treatment of a smilar theme, I doubt "Love, Honour & Obey" was ever intended to be more than an amusing parody of life in a mob, a production intended to ensure its producers a reasonable, risk-free return on their investment. As such, the characters are caricatures whom one recognizes but does not relate to, the situations are sterotypes with predictable outcomes, and the whole pastiche is seasoned with liberal measures of sex and vulgarity to satisfy the lowest common denominator of the unreflecting masses. A triumph of mediocrity!

To be sure, here and there a light sprinkling of the patrician seasons this otherwise plebeian dish, as when (1) one of the mob leaders orders his men to "fix bayonettes," thereby terrorizing the rival mob, or (2) the two mob leaders kill each other's troublemakers and live happily ever after. But this is not enough to transform turkey into truffles, and so I rate it at 1 star: not without merit, but not far from it; a ghoul-ash of dead parts seasoned with giggles and guffaws. This is not to deny that "Love, Honour & Obey" is a truly unique flim, but to affirm that the industry could probably not support another of its caliber.
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The only reason why I rented this movie was because Jude Law is in it. It just goes to show that all actors star in horrible movies from time to time. Watching "Love,Honour and Obey" is like watching a movies deleted scenes without watching the actual movie. Deleted scenes are often of low quality, there's no point to them and they're very boring. That sums this movie up in a nut shell.

What do you get when you cross an impossibly confusing (yet boring) plot with awful directing? "Love, Honour, and Obey"
The movie flows like it was filmed in about 2 days and thrown together in someone's basement editing room.
(I'll admit, I only rented it because Jude Law was in it. In actuality, he's not even the main character.)

Unless you'd particularly like to watch an hour and a half of unmotivated killing, bad dialouge, and old people having sex, take my advice: don't waste your money on this one.

Love, Honour and Obey is a hilarious story of the North-versus-South London gangwars. Full of karaoke, Elvis Suits, and sexual mishaps to keep you laughing. With a great cast (including Jude Law!) attempting to be tough, and Jonny Lee Miller in a clown suit you will be rather amused throughout the film.

This film is fantastic and no doubt will gain cult status! Think "Operation Good Guys" the BBC mock cop documentary meets Guy Ritchie's "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". It really is a laugh a scene with British humour at its best. The entire cast are fabulous and look like they thoroughly enjoyed making the film. I have watched it three times now and will probably watch it again by the end of the week, I can't get enough!

This is one funny movie.The characters are likeable in a nice gritty way.Comparisons? Try Abbbot & Costello-a "Carry-On..." movie and then toss in the 'Long Good Friday" (Yes, I know, it's supposed to joggle your memory, but it's a pretty accurate mix! No?) The gunman who has a problem "shooting... ha ha ha. and toss in the "Raise Bayonetts!" command in the shootout scene .... hilarious. In 98 mins. this movie does what has taken the Sopranos to do in what, two seasons. And this is funnier. Comparison to Lock-Stock... doesn't do this movie justification. And I LIKE Lock-Stock, but this is just plain abso-fan-@#$#$ing-lutely better!

Y'knowhatimean?

And Snatch, Lock-Stock's follow up by way of Fight Club, doesn't come close... no likeable characters there at all.

Back to this movie (LH&O) though, its Karaoke scenes are funny, Fireball XL-5, in particular, especially if you've ever seen it or other supermariovision programs.

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This Film is a Rare Treat, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. You can just tell the cast are having as much fun as the audience. Being that nearly all the dialogue is Adlibbed, and the Cast have all worked together before, the Outcome is a really well put-together - Classic Cockney Crime Caper. The "Fix Bayonett's" Scene is a classic example of the fun nature of the film, and one of the funniest scenes I've seen in a long time. The Cast are the Best Britain has to Offer. Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller, Ray Winstone, it doesn't Get Much Better. If I was Brad Pitt, I'd have jumped aboard this Brilliant feature instead of the Guy Ritchie's "Snatch" which is bot up to Scratch when compared to "Love, Honour and Obey".

This movie is an intiguing look into the goings on of London organised crime. The violence is on a level with The Krays but the movie is more realistic, as it shows the sometimes incompetant and often unneccesary actions of the central figures. Love, Honour & Obey was shot mainly without a script, which further adds to the documentry style, true to life feeling and means the actors use their own names. This is a great movie for anyone who is a fan of life like, gritty, and sometimes stomach churning ganster movies. This is definately not a glossy Casino-esq flick, perhaps that's better?