Legend (2015)

Directed by

Brian Helgeland

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 4,321 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the rise and fall of the Kray twins, notorious gangsters in 1960s London. It shows their violent criminal career and the complicated relationship between the brothers as they become more powerful. The film ends with their arrest and life sentences for murder.

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What happens

Legend is a 2015 biographical gangster film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, adapted from John Pearson's 1972 book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins. The film follows the Kray twins' career and relationship together through their convictions for murder and sentencing to life imprisonment in 1969. Tom Hardy plays both Reggie and Ron Kray in a dual role. The film also stars Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Christopher Eccleston, with Colin Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Bettany, Tara Fitzgerald, Taron Egerton and Duffy in supporting roles. An international co-production between British, French, and American companies, Legend premiered in London on 3 September 2015, before being released in the UK by StudioCanal on 9 September. The film received mixed reviews from critics, though Tom Hardy's dual performance was widely praised, and earned him a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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