one of my absolute favorites!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It does not take long to get past the low production values in comparison to Hollywood, however, the story, directing and acting are absolutely and thoroughly absorbing. There simply is no fault in camera, directing or acting by anyone. I could so easily write a review that would be pages long detailing all its excellent points but reading previous reviews would be a mere repetition. It reminded me of the excellent gritty English "kitchen sink" drama movies in the 50's 60's and 70's.So I have opted to find points to criticize and here they are This movie was not long enough I would recommend a part 2 to tie up the loose ends of the crime itself, the implications to other gang members and gangs and the family's dealing in the aftermath of the crimes and tragedies. This director, writer and actors should do more work together.

..... The best UK Gangster Film ever made.Let's just say the portrayals are in every case, convincing.Love to know how these lads are getting on 15 years later. My son meet a couple of them when he was up in Liverpool a few years ago and apparently the are "Sound La's"I think a couple of the fella's did other acting gigs but it seems that no one made the big time. Shame as clearly, on the whole, most of them were naturals.If you've not watched it, it's floating about on some of the Kodi add- ons.Absolutely worth a watch!!

Coming from Liverpool, it was very strange to see and hear the very people you had heard of, who were not to be crossed, acting in a film!In my opinion it is a very realistic snapshot of the seedier, more murky side of Liverpool, with gangsters and, as the film title suggests, guns.You wouldn't believe that the actors are actually real people from that seedier world... their performances considering this are superb. Brilliant film in my opinion, hoping they make another to tie up all the loose ends left from this.Quality.

This movie ought to be realistic, almost documental but actually it´s more like a diploma work of a film student with some friends. Dan Reed may have wanted to create something really deep and revealing but no go. Though the characters are colourful and perhaps indeed realistic, there´s not much of context and content to build a full movie on it. Nonetheless it´s worth watching if you lack ideas how to spend time like They do in the movies...