I have been known to use the "F word" when I spill my drink or hit my finger with a hammer. I suspect the producers of this otherwise decent movie were trying for a Guinness record: the most uses of the "F-word" in a feature film. It is needlessly excessive. There was not one character whose lips it did not pass; as a noun, as an adjective, as an adverb, as a one word sentence. More than once I was about to shut it down but decided to stick it out. It's interesting that there was no other profanity in the whole film. It is superbly photographed and captures the atmospheres of London, Amsterdam and Berlin. There's a bit of violence, some nudity and some sex. The English accents are sometimes hard to understand. And the plot is a bit contrived. Let's see. I tried to write the F-word here as an experiment and it set off an alarm bell, If I shouted it out in the theatre I likely would be ejected. Why then do we sanction its use (excessive use in this case) in the movies. One suspects the idea for this film was hatched in a junior high school bathroom.

I'm reviewing the US version which was re-cut for release here. Unfortunately I have no idea what they did to the movie.The Germans have a great word called 'verschlimmbessern', which means making something not very good worse, by attempting to make it better.Maybe that's what they did, given that a couple of Brit viewers really liked the movie.The one nod to the Yanks I noticed was that at some point Micky Mannock (Frank Harper) says to his cousin/partner in crime that he can now go and "join his uptown friends." Uptown? All the years I lived in London I never came across an 'uptown.' Looks like I missed out on something really worth going to.As for the movie itself: a vanity project for Frank Harper who co-wrote, directed and starred in it. That's a hard thing to pull off without coming over like a complete prat, and I can only think of Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin pulling this off successfully. And Frank Harper isn't a good enough writer or director to match them.The plot is beyond tired and I couldn't care less for any of the lead characters who have no redeeming features whatsoever, and I wouldn't have minded all of them being killed off in the most boringly predictive final shootout.Charles Dance is the only one who comes out of this reasonably well as the gangster with all his fingers in the pot, and understanding how the business really works.My nomination for most likable character is for the unseen taxi driver who drives the kids and wife off to safety.

Anyone that says that they hated this film must hate the genre. Any film with this epic all-star cast of faces from other English gangster films is sure to please. This film even has two blokes that were in I.D. I've watched Saint Georges Day four times and I am still noticing details that keep me interested. Ten out of ten! Saint Georges Day is well worth watching if you like hooligan, gangster, drug trafficker movies. "All my days! All my days Biggs, I love you" "Why me? You know how thick I can be!" This dialogue is making me laugh. As a yank I've never heard the expression" all my days". And the hooligan straightener scene is well, done. I would refer this film to anyone that loves this genre, Engerlund!

I gave this 10 pure and simple to balance the low score we see on IMDb (would have been 9 anyway) Quality film, I loved it.You will read reviews of cliché's and there are some, but I mean how many times can a gangster film be made without suffering that? answers on a postcard. I was hooked from start to finish all actors do there job tightly although not to sure on the casting of Jamie Foreman as 'nixon' it's not that he does it badly, but he's a bad guy - always will be.Zlatko Buric as 'Vlad' is brilliant, he starred in all 3 pusher films and in the UK remake and he is so effective in the role I almost think he really is a big time dealer - Oscar material for sure.There are some holes in the plot and some loose ends but none detract from the story, if anything they feel a little fudged - the Russian passenger on the drug run, errr what? the 2 deaths of the fans found in the skip bin, I watched all the film and I can't recall either of them, who killed them - assume the Russians but not totally sure? I could see the ending coming a mile off and I think we all will but give it a chance despite these minor flaws and you will be surprised, how this got only 4.3 on IMDb is beyond me it deserves much more.I can't recommend this enough, please watch it and don't just be swallowed on a IMDb rating.Yes, it is a clone of lock stock. Yes, it has holes. Yes, it has some apples and pears BUT it is a good tale, done well.Kudos to director - I loved it. Credit to all cast inc Craig Fairbrass as he is severely underrated actor and not the 1st time I have thought that, how he does not have a bigger career is beyond me. Nick Moran plays a minor role in the film and tbh he is totally underused, maybe I might have removed those scenes?? BTW the cast is a who's who of gangster films but then they are the best and you will have seen them all in one film or another... is that a bad thing I don't think so.10/10 for me. Loved it. Certainly be watching this one again