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44 Inch Chest

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From the liner notes

How far would you go to avenge betrayal? Colin Diamond (Ray Winstone) is about to find out in this gritty, provocative thriller. After he breaks down over the dissolution of his marriage, he kidnaps his wife’s lover, and his rage pushes him to the brink of murder as his motley crew of buddies urges him to exact brutal revenge. Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Stephen Dillane unforgettably co-star in this compelling story - from the writers behind Sexy Beast - that contemplates the nature of love and asks what it takes to be a man.

Review

Though Louis Mellis and David Scinto - the same writers behind 2000's equally small-scale gangster comedy/drama Sexy Beast - never get too specific about what kind of criminal shenanigans earn their characters a living, there is never any doubt that the men in 44 Inch Chest are all bonded like family and capable of murder.

Ray Winstone plays Colin Diamond, a devastated British gangster who faces a serious emotional breakdown after his wife Liz (Joanne Whalley) tries to leave him for a much younger man, known only as Loverboy (Melvil Poupaud). What is a husband to do after he's been made to feel deep humiliation by the woman he loves? Slap her around for information, find her new lover, kidnap him, lock him in a chest somewhere private and teach him that there are consequences to nailing another man's wife (of course). In seeking revenge, Colin solicits the help of his closest comrades.

Archie (Tom Wilkinson); a compassionate 50-something who still lives with his mother, Mal (Stephen Dillane); a goodlooking revenge-seeker who may be just as capable of adultury as Colin's wife, Peanut (John Hurt); an angry, old crumudgeon and Meredith (Ian McShane); an openly gay gambler, act as a Greek chorus, empathizing with their cuckolded friend's heartache and helping to guide his every move. The dialog is fast, funny, furious and filthy as these five troublemakers try to decide how "real men" are expected to act in such vengeful situations. Do they torture and kill Loverboy or accept dishonor and learn to let bygones be bygones?

This intelligently layered, consistently engaging film attempts to break down old-school machismo stereotypes and exemplify what love and marriage are really all about.

-- Robert O'Neill

Product Format Information

DVD : $13.49

Availability: ON ORDER
Ships when stock arrives
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 014381640625
Catalog #: DV3041532

Studio : Image

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , English Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.85
Features:
Audio commentary: With Director Malcom Venville
Interview(s): With Malcom Venville
Epilogues
Behind-the-scenes footage
Original theatrical trailer

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Blu-ray : $31.99

Availability: ON ORDER
Ships when stock arrives
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 014381640953
Catalog #: DB3041533

Studio : Image

Languages: English DTS-HD 5.1 (Primary) , English Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.85
Extras: Trailers, Deleted Scenes
Features:
Audio commentary: With Director Malcom Venville
Interview(s): With Malcom Venville
Epilogues
Behind-the-scenes footage
Original theatrical trailer