AlexanderExtazy Title says it all...The Costa Del Sol (Marbella) setting in those 80's were astonishing. I could never ask for a better movie setting to go along with a scarface dreamer film.The acting wasn't perfect, but I mostly admired the story.. and that same story is true on the count of many organized crime figures who flew from the UK, Scandinavia, and Russia to avoid persecution & extradition.What I mostly love about the film is that during the period where it's supposed to be portrayed (80's), this is actually the golden age of Marbella. If you go there now, it's filled with English, Scandinavian and Russian drunks who have exploited this city for it's treasures and not only that.. but they are still residing in it.. only true beauty to Costa del Sol at this moment is to buy a multi million euro mansion there and enjoy the scenery.Other than that, The Business can show you a great deal of the kind of heaven Marbella was.

spacedmonkeys1972 . I feel I have to write this review to balance out the low scores. I saw this film around 2006, and loved it the first time. I have probably watched it about 10 times since then, recently buying the blu-ray and enjoying it again in full 1080p. The story itself is quite gripping, with some interesting twists and turns. It builds up following the success of the characters and then brings everyone back down to earth with a crash. The characters are very strong, Charlie, Frankie in particular make a great duo and Sammy making an excellent psychopathic thug. Danny Dyers narrative is full of great quotes and is a welcome addition to the story - "better to be someone for a day than no-one for a lifetime". There are plenty of witty comments and put-downs throughout the film. The film itself may not be a 100% accurate take on the 80's, but the bright glossy filmography, the clothes (Frankie's Fila polo and shorts), the soundtrack, the clubs all adds up to successfully transport you back to a hedonistic period of the 80's. If I have anything bad to say about the film is that the second half is just not as good as the first half, but even so, still a great British/Cockney wide-boy film that I can still watch over and over.

RickHarvey You don't need a brain to understand this. But saying that, it can lead to arguments. Many people enjoy films that are easy to watch while some seem to find it offensive to there intellectual brains. Not all films have to be on a serious note. The business doesn't try to be an scarface or an Godfather. Sure it has many references towards scarface but it doesn't want to be an classic, it just wants to entertain and that the most important factor of any film, entertainment.The film is cliché but it don't matter about that as the characters are entertaining. There not the most in depth characters you'll ever come across neither can you relate to them but the use of language that they often express can make situations humorous. The film is backed by an cool 80s soundtrack trying to hit the same notes as scarface. The soundtrack is easily forgettable. The cast also works well. Sure there not the greatest actors but there fun to watch and you totally know what to expect from them.On the other hand, some lines will make you cringe for example " he so hard even his nightmares are afraid of him". This is where Nick Love shows his weakness and immaturity. This is an line which an 13 year old would write. The narrating from Danny Dyer's character seems out of place. His tone of voice is totally contrasted from his attributes and body language. They don't fit together. I'm not an huge fan of Dyer's acting abilities but none less , he manages to entertain. All he needs is more roles like the Borstal boy rather than being type-casted.Overall the film is enjoyable to watch. It has no plot but that don't matter . Unless your one of those so called people with intellectual brains who thinks all films so be made just for them,if not then you have nothing to fear and should watch this film for the hell of it.

Xex-Arachnid Well for starters, the cover box is very misleading with using phrases such as "MORE GUNS THAN GOOD FELLAS, MORE SWEARING THAN SCARFACE." Not such phrases are selling points with me but it goes to show how much the film industry guys on the lower rung have suffered so much that pure desperation leads them to take on such tactics to push a product.Anyway, with that being said, what you get is a cross between Sexy beast and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City with the atmospheric 80's vibe but atmospheric 80's vibe make for great crime movies due to the dreariness of it but aside from that it is a very good movie.You do have the usual elements into play, the rise and fall of a group of criminals during the mid 80's cocaine smuggling era with the protagonist of a young inexperienced man who enters into this kingdom of darkness but walks away from it in the end.I do find that the supposed vengeance scene was unnecessary unless the character was somewhat involved with the other guys in the gang's demise but in this movie it's not the case but it is touching to see the demise of a man who was adorned as a king to only be reduced to beyond the shell of the man who he once was.I'm glad I did see this because I wasn't really up for the "Lock, Stocked and Two Smoking barrels" kind of British humor, it actually hits much deeper with the personal interplay of characters within the various scenes of the story and from what I gather though I could be wrong, this movie may be some kind of auto-biography or based on true events but even if it's still fiction, it's still worth renting. And that is why I've made a big stink in my first paragraph about a misleading DVD cover because it could definitely mislead someone from actually checking out a good movie.