I just love that this movie uses the real names of the actors, Jude, Ray, Johnny etc, so it's very cool. The main source of the humour comes from the the two bodyguards, one old and one young - mainly around the young guy trying sort out the old guys love life with his wife Kathy Burke. She then gets subjected to some of these suggestions which makes for great comedy.The violence stems from rival gangs and the characters in Ray's gang who are quite uncompromising. Ray asks one of them, who is in hospital, how he's doing - he says I've been stabbed by my own mate for a joke, burnt and force feed dog food - how do you think I feel?This is a movie to see and stack on the DVD shelf ahead of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels for a repeat viewing.

A stellar cast cannot save this horror show "mish-mash" of genres, that can never be sure what it wants to be. The comedy is crude, lazily written and totally unfunny, and the plot is a complete mess of meaningless "what shall we do next" storytelling, that goes nowhere. Jonny goes from courier to killer in a matter of frames, the violence is actually so bad that the punch and gun fire noises sound like they have been stolen from a 50's western. The words "small budget crap" sum up this tosh. I guess this would only appear on the CV of Miss Van Outen, the rest of them would surely be too embarrassed. Lock Stock this certainly isn't!

Johnny Lee Miller is a bit of an enigma. One of the best actors of his generation, he often seems cursed in the choice of films he associates himself with. In Love, Honour and Obey, he once again gives a multi-dimensional performance in a vehicle unworthy of his efforts.A postman decides he wants to be a gangster and gets his childhood mate to introduce him to his uncle, a North London gang boss. He turns out to be a bit of a loose canon, and his ambition leads to his own demise.So, it's a bit like Goodfellas, but going after the tone of the Ocean's movies. Derivative? More like plagiarism. Remember the "speak Russian" joke during the sex scene in A Fish Called Wanda? If not, you might just laugh here. If you are one of the unlucky few who saw Final Cut, then you only have yourself to blame if you think the same cast and crew could up their game.Winstone posts in his performance, Law and Frost are having a laugh, Kathy Burke should be ashamed of herself, Ifans can file this beside his stint in The Replacements, and we occasionally have to suffer through the three worst actresses in Britain - Denise van Outen. Only Miller tries to put a shift in. The comedy is downright embarrassing. The visual conceits concerning karaoke and Miller's narration in a clown outfit are mildly engaging, but may just garner plaudits because they don't annoy like the rest of this disaster.It is generally pointless to ask why a film was ever made, but given the involvement of BBC Films in this fiasco, you do have to ask why the taxpayer's coin was spent on this billboard for crony-ism. I am not a fan of period dramas, but I can at least understand it is part of the BBC's remit to bring the works of revered British authors to screen. What, exactly, does this film tell me about Britain now? What will it say to audiences watching it a generation from now? Desperate, lazy and ill-conceived as cinema, this project is also quite disturbing in terms of what it says about the development process at BBC Films.And Johnny Lee Miller, get yourself a new agent.

I seriously don't understand some of the people who comment on this site.THIS FILM IS AN ABSOULUTE 24 CARROT GOLD ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.This is my first comment on this site and I simply couldn't read the garbage written about this film without saying something.This is one of my all time favourite films. The characters are superb and some of the scenes are just pure comic genius.MAY I REMIND EVERYONE WHO DOES'NT KNOW.....This movie was all done ad-libbing, on the spot with a very loose script. And the single greatest thing about this film is that 90% of the humour is on the spur of the moment. When Ray and the gang are laughing.......THEY REALLY ARE LAUGHING.Anyone who didn't enjoy the the comedy in the shootout scene in this movie doesn't possess a sense of humour. Simple as that.AWESOME MOVIE Don't let any of these 90 year old, Pride and Prejudice loving fools tell you any different.P.S.....never read ratings on this site BEFORE watching a movie, only AFTER. I have nearly been put off watching some right gems because of bad scores on IMDb. On the other end of the scale, I have watched some right tripe with scores of 10/10.....A mistake I will no longer make.