Man of Violence

As a slice of borderline-sleazy gangsterism, this isn't bad - but for me it was let down on a number of fronts which prevent it being a rewatch candidate, I think.

Firstly, I'm not really sure that Latimer had enough personality for the lead role... he's OK but not great, and, without the others around him (Luan Peters especially) it would have been quite weak on the acting front. The script also got rather confusing towards the end and (in the BFI Player version) retains some casually racist language that has dated much more than many other aspects. The score was also all over the place tonally... signalling "suspense!", "action!!" and - most bizarrely - "romantic interlude!!!" as if we couldn't see what was on screen and make our own minds up.

Interesting but not one of Pete Walker's best.