carbuff Really solid British gangster film with strong performance for actors that we don't see much of in America. The story has plenty of interesting twists and seem to me to be fairly original. It's not a criticism, but you have to be on your toes to understand a lot of the dialog, because most of the British accents are very heavy and the talking is fast. I don't have anything really bad to say about this movie, and the only reason I'm not rating it higher is because I don't think that there was one single sympathetic character in the entire film--you couldn't care less if any of these unseemly characters met an untimely end. Every single character in this film is somebody that I would intensely dislike and absolutely want to be miles away from in real life. Still, an interesting film, just nobody to root for at all.

Scott Thompson I nominate this film for worst voice-over narration of all time. Director/star Frank Harper sounds like he has been forced to read out the phone book in its entirety. Talk about sleepwalking through a project, and it's his own bleeding film, guvnor. Now, Harper is no Danny Dyer, he more than looks the part when playing the London hard man and has been used to good effect by directors like Nick Love and Shane Meadows. Unfortunately, here he's directing himself in the sort of vanity project that would only get funded by the British film industry. He's recruited a veritable who's who of crap gangster and football hooligan films for St George's Day. And Keeley Hazell who gives one of the worst performances ever committed to celluloid. This truly awful effort takes you into a world of Peckham melts, ageing hooligans who keep going on about the war even though they've never been near one, uncharismatic, perma-tanned villains with a hard on for Churchill and cretinous hanger ons, just there to keep the idiotic plot ticking along. What do you mean, no thanks mate! This film is awesome in its crapness. It has no sense of its own absurdity, takes itself very seriously and is all the funnier for it. The only disappointment is that Danny Dyer doesn't turn up and glass a slag. Let's have a sequel please, set on Christmas Day!

bowmanblue You probably know Frank Harper from pretty much every British gangster film (he was 'Dog' in Lock Stock). Now, he's taken to writing and directing one of his own. St George's Day tells the story of two London gangsters who lose a shipment of drugs that belong to the Russian Mafia and have to pull off a heist to get the money to pay it back.Yes, it's hardly an inspired plot, but, when you watch it, you'll soon realise that that's the least of its problems. Frank Harper narrates pretty much the whole way through, giving his 'patriotic' thoughts and opinions on the story, plus introducing every character along the way. And there are many. Every other scene has a new gangster who gets his own intro from Frank, most of which are hardly seen again in the film.Unfortunately, St George's Day utilises every cliché in the book. Every line sounds like someone doing a bad impression of what they think a cockney would say. After a while, you start to wonder how quite a talented bunch of actors were ever roped into this film to begin with. I say 'talented actors' as most of them are. However, this doesn't apply to former Page 3 girl turned 'actress' Keeley Hazell. She is truly wooden beyond belief.St George's Day brings nothing new to the genre of gangster films. It's clichéd, boring, overly-long and just bad. One to avoid. Stick with Lock Stock and Snatch.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Mr N J Gash Director Debut from Frank Harper (whom i loved in Lock stock).In my first ever review (I joined IMDb JUST to review this film) all I can say is excellent.IF Frank had focused more on the heist, people would compare it to the Italian Job. He didn't - he focused on what British gangster movies do best, and why we love them:Kickings Violence Believable characters - though missed Danny Dyer in this, Frank - WTF? Underpinned that England is still a force to be reckoned withI loved this as much as the Football Factory - and (oh yes) Lock Stock.Frank - bring more of this, top notch saaaaaan