Once Upon a Time in London

Once Upon a Time in London

By Simon Rumley

  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release Date: 2019-04-19
  • Advisory Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Director: Simon Rumley
  • Production Company: Gateway Films
  • iTunes Price: GBP 1.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: GBP 0.99
5.327/10
5.327
From 49 Ratings
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Description

For the first time ever, the violent reign of two of London’s most notorious gangsters, Jack ‘Spot’ Comer and Billy Hill, is grippingly brought to the big screen by visionary director Simon Rumley ('Red, White & Blue', 'Crowhurst', 'Fashionista'), in a sweeping saga of madness, mayhem and manipulation reminiscent of British favourites 'Legend' and 'Peaky Blinders'. 'Once Upon a Time in London' charts the epic rise and legendary fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted for three action-packed decades which paved the way for the notorious Kray twins to exert their dominance over the capital’s gangland realm.

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  • No more than a Media Studies college project

    1
    By 79GB
    Very low budget, clearly filmed over a weekend and thrown together in an editing room afterwards using as many techniques and ideas they could manage with basic equipment, completely forgetting to tell a story. The worst is that it was filmed with 50 year old actors playing the same character from age 25 to 45 without any attempt to make them look any different. Poor acting, poor writing, poor directing, poor editing and a complete waste of time.

  • Truly diabolical

    1
    By Pockets-24
    Direction, Acting & Storyline is a mess. The film NEVER gets going even though this could’ve been a great film. Don’t waste your money. A diabolical film

  • Terrible Firlm

    1
    By Terrible filrm
    This film is the worst I have ever seen, I would rather watch paint dry than this pile of nonsense. I had to turn up the volume to 100% and still couldnt hear the film in certain parts. I paid £6 and I would have had more fun throwing £6 out of the window. I am expectting an apology from the film makers and apple for hosting this garbage. How anyone in the right mind can give this film a 5-star review should consider giving up.

  • Absolutely atrocious

    1
    By Marc.R.C
    I got half way through this film & switched it off and put EastEnders on iplayer instead. One poorly acted fight scene after another with no apparent storyline. Complete waste of £9.99

  • Massively Disappointed

    1
    By Scotal1967
    When I saw the line up and watched the preview I marked this down as a film to add to my collection. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was when I finally sat down to watch it. The storyline is disjointed and hard to follow. The actors are a shadow of themselves and the film lacks cohesion. I have to say there is very little to recommend this film and unfortunately having had to sit through it bored and wishing my life away I will be deleting it from my collection very quickly. I total waste of £9.99 and will watch as the price on this tumbles to £3.99 and the film disappears into obscurity

  • poor

    1
    By d 1234
    this film is so poor i thought it would be alot better

  • Once upon a time in London

    1
    By A bass player
    I haven't rented a film from iTunes in quite while now, so when I saw the description of this film which compared it to an ealier time than the Kray Brothers it sounded like my kind of film. I have to say it was extremely dissapointing. Awful in fact, with cliched cockney talk and bad action sequences, awful music with no apparent gripping story line to grab your attention. There is violence but lacks the brutality of the Kray Brothers films. I would not reccomend this film to anyone. A total waste of money, even to rent!!!!

  • Must See without a doubt one of the best gangster films of all time

    5
    By oscar Wizo
    This film blew me away if your a true crime fan you must watch this.

  • Best film

    5
    By alfiepp
    After watching this film I can say without a doubt this is one of the best British gangster films ever made it is funny, violent and Will keep you entertained. The acting of terry stone is absolutely phenomenal and overall the film looks the part. I strongly recommend this film for everyone.

  • Ian

    5
    By DocFan67
    I was looking forward to this & it doesn't disappoint. Brilliant performances from the entire cast & the story of both Billy Hill & Jack Spot is told with great truth. Additionally, its clear that a huge amount of work went into the costume & production design. This truly is one of the greatest films of its genre.

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