Brian Helgeland's movie about the infamous-in-England Kray twins, a pair of flamboyantly violent cockney gangsters who ruled London's East End in the early '60s. Tom Hardy stars as both Reggie, the violent-but-fair leader of the gang, and as Ronnie, a mad dog psychopath—certifiably insane, insecure, violent, childlike yet strangely articulate, and charmingly direct about his homosexuality. Just hearing that, it sounds like it should be the best movie ever made. But inexplicably, Helgeland's script focuses less on Ronnie and Reggie than it does on Reggie's tedious, repetitive relationship with Frances (Emily Browning), a character who looks like a porcelain doll and has almost as much personality. by Vince Mancini