Straddles a number of interesting sub-genres. It's a shame these outwardly intriguing elements have to do battle with a predictable and pretty contrived story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 25, 2019

This British film is consistently just a little better and more surprising than it first appears.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2017

It's the performances of Roth and O'Connell (and that of Peter Mullan as their imposing boss) that I want to highlight here.

Full Review | Jun 3, 2013

Blows and bullets are exchanged, severed limbs stolen, ruthless sex-traffickers encountered.

Full Review | May 18, 2013

Blackly comical writing and direction add a playful slant to what could have been a typically over-serious British crime thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 17, 2013

Films are invariably fuelled by fantasy but it's the supposedly gritty context that makes this stuff so hard to swallow.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 17, 2013

Promising talent all round, including director Craig Viveiros.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2013

A flawed but interesting downbeat Brit thriller with some creepy, leftfield jolts, calling to mind Mike Hodges with a twist of Tarantino.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2013

The movie, directed with insufficient faith in the writing by Craig Viveiros, sells out character development in favour of garish contrivance ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 16, 2013

The film goes nowhere much in affably elaborate patterns - like a deranged SatNav ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 16, 2013

Offers some well-rounded performances from Roth, O'Connell and Mullan ... it offers nothing beyond the usual markers of such a coming-of-age film ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2013

Watchable, blackly comic British thriller enlivened by likeable performances, some engagingly left-field turns and a script that's peppered with decent one-liners ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2013

Roth's performance and handful of dry-as-a-bone one-liners keep it from the straight-to-DVD pile. Just.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 14, 2013

Gets mired in the usual amoral stone-cold stuff that makes you wish there weren't quite so many British directors keen to serve as apprentices to the Guy Ritchie school of tight and ruthless filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2013

Between Roth and O'Connell, there is an amusing chemistry - though the script lacks the sheer aggression of Sexy Beast or foul-mouthed word play of In Bruges, two other fine examples in this arena, to be ranked alongside either.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2013

A blackly effective British road movie fuelled by the easy chemistry between the two leads.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 17, 2013

A bit of a surprise in the direct-to-video market. "The Liability" is not the greatest film about British gangsters. Not by a long shot. But, it does have its moments, thanks to the excellent Tim Roth.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jan 31, 2013

Craig Viveiros' witty, grisly Brit flick about a weary assassin reluctantly mentoring a cocky upstart.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 21, 2013