plunkett & macleane

this victorian era film is about two thiefs who break out of prison. one of them cons the other into helping him gain wealth so that he can return to the higher ranks of victorian society. well, they dont have any money so they begin robbing carriages filled with wealthy people in order to reenter that world. they become a sort of masked bandit that the wealthy fear, but love to talk about. the man who reenters the aristocracy loves all the attention (even though no one knows it him), and he gets more and more bold with his heists. the film is thick with style, all the fast editing and strange angles and even stranger soundtrack. some of the fun of watching the movie is knowing that its a small reunion of some of the actors from 'trainspotting'. over all, its kind of fun, but kind of all over the place. there are characters that pop up every once in a while that dont seem to serve much purpose. one of the best scenes involves a gun duel, but it seems awfully disjointed from the rest of the movie. still, it was a bit of fun, so i give it a pass.