Layer Cake Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Genres: Crime
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A mechanic in the British drug trade finds himself caught in the middle of some dangerous circumstances in this crime thriller. XXXX (Daniel_Craig) is a nameless go-between in the British mob who buys drugs from underground wholesalers and them sells them to street dealers, keeping the system flowing and making a tidy profit in the process. XXXX is looking forward to getting out of the game, and has displayed both smarts and caution in how he's handled his business, but before his overseer Jimmy Price (Kenneth_Cranham) will let him go, he has a couple of favors that need to be done. First, Eddie Temple (Michael_Gambon) is a mob boss whose daughter has gotten hooked on hard drugs and run away from home; Jimmy needs XXXX to find them girl and bring her to him before Eddie's men can get hold of her. Second, Dragan (Dragan_Micanovic) is a Ecstasy wholesaler who has had a large shipment stolen by Duke (Jamie_Foreman); Jimmy wants XXXX to get the Ecstasy back to Dragan, but Duke isn't eager to sell and Dragan is becoming impatient. Between these two matters, XXXX isn't so sure he'll get out of the business alive, especially after he finds himself falling for Duke's nephew's girlfriend, Tammy (Sienna_Miller). Layer Cake marked the directorial debut for Matthew_Vaughn, best known as a producer for Guy_Ritchie's lad-centric crime movies. Mark Deming, Rovi
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