An oddity of a movie. I quite enjoyed it (think Lock Stock or Snatch, but bleaker and not so slickly controlled). I felt the editing could have been kinder to the audience - it's fiercely complex - but it still held my attention.

Edit: Michael Gambom was excellent and quite a different character from the crime boss he played in 'the Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover'

I only watched Layer Cake this year - it somehow wasn't quite what I expected. I enjoyed it, though, it was a good watch

Nice write up on the guardian --

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/oct/03/michael-gambon-daniel-craig-penelope-wilton-tom-hollander-matthew-macfayden