Dom Hemingway (Richard Shepard, 2013)

Jude Law essays walking in the shoes of Ray Winstone as a jowly soliloquising career criminal with 'anger management issues', fresh out of prison and, as these things go, soon back in the shit again as he seeks what he thinks he's owed. It's one of Law's better performances, thank God, with the actor clearly having fun uglying up and letting loose, Richard E.Grant provides welcome support as his long-suffering friend and the dialogue is amusing, even if utterly contrived. Nevertheless, the plot is strictly by the numbers and there's no depth to look for. It wants to be another Sexy Beast, but rings more like a Guy Ritchie production.

4/10