FeistyUpper
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Jenna Walter
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Leofwine_draca
THE BUSINESS is an appalling modern-day gangster film by Nick Love, the god-awful director behind the equally terrible OUTLAW. Starring Danny Dyer (who he?) and Tamer Hassan (who he?), this tells the tale of a couple of British gangsters and their rise to fame - and eventual downfall - in sunny Spain. It's like SCARFACE, but dumbed down for the chav masses.The movie is completely awful, and much of that is down to the nonsensical script. Characterisation is zilch, the dialogue is written by a guy with a tin ear (Love himself, unsurprisingly) and everything that happens is clichéd and predictable. There are occasional moments of suspense and promising scenes that lead nowhere, but the biggest disappointment is the climax, where everything peters into nothing instead of going out with a bang. It's one of those films where you hate all the characters and are hoping for a massacre along the way.The acting is bad too, but it doesn't really matter when the cast have absolutely nothing to work with in the profanity-laden script. Dyer can be passable given the right material (such as SEVERANCE) but he's out of his depth here and completely wooden, and the less said about Hassan the better, except that he's no actor. In any case, I've wasted enough time on this trash already - avoid it like the plague!
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.
li-findlay
After watching this film for the first time (and it's been about10 or 11 times now) I became such a sucker for Danny Dyer! The bloke is amazing! He has such a presence in this film that I have become devoted to seeing every movie of his from now on (some not so good). This film is so class that I watched it twice in a row once. Never a dull moment and so many one-liners you'll have yourself in stitches! The cast consists of most of the Brit flick regulars including Danny, Dyer, Geoff Bell, Tamer Hassan and Roland Manookian (in a small but memorable role) - so you won't be disappointed! Defintitely worth a watch (or two or three)!! There is always a movie in an actor's career that generates a new-found respect for them... This is the one for Danny!
Perception_de_Ambiguity
The plot: Frankie, a young lad on the run from the grimy ghetto of South London, plans his escape and the beginnings of a new life in sunny Spain - the Costa Del Sol to be more precise. Armed with nothing but a bundle of cash stashed in his luggage he heads off, yet Frankie has no idea that this sum of money will catapult him into the seductive world of ex-gangster Charlie. Before he knows it Frankie's got more then he bargained for - he's one of Charlie's gang and slap bang in the middle of the heady world of organized crime.What does it have in common with Scarface? It portrays the rise and fall of a character in crime who starts off as an average guy until he gets in contact with the ?right? people. He also has a friend and partner in crime who rises and falls with him. Another similarity is the cheesy 80's soundtrack. This one is very British, but it's just as obtrusive, although I think it doesn't quite work here. Probably because it is British and I don't exactly associate British with cool. Since coming off as cool apparently was the intention I can't say it succeeded here. I would guess that half the budget or more was spent on the soundtrack alone, most of them are well known tracks.What does it have in common with El Mariachi?It's cheap. It looks more cheap than it actually was, but this independent movie feeling never goes away. It wouldn't have been a bad move if they saved some money from the soundtrack and instead got a decent camera operator, for example. One who can pan sideways without shaking the camera up and down. It is a bright and sunny film, although not as dusty. Also, it tries to win the audience over with gun slinging. This is always cool and doesn't cost much money, right?What's the big difference to Scarface?It starts off more like Goodfellas, rather than Scarface. The young main character, Frankie, is introduced to an underworld new to him. The audience discovers this world along with him. Other than in Scarface the main character always has his friend and partner standing above him. Imagine: The movie Scarface told from Manny's (Steven Bauer) perspective.Quality-wise it didn't convince me. It's decently original but not written too well. To me it was a rather uninvolving experience.
