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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

Breakdown review – generic gangland fare

Craig fairbrass in Breakdown
Coming to a video shelf near you: Craig Fairbrass in Breakdown.

Taking the briefest of theatrical bows before coming to a video shelf near you tomorrow, this generic Brit-crim thriller finds Craig Fairbrass’s enforcer troubled by ghoulish visions after a lifetime of hardened career carnage. Wishing to concentrate more on family than killing people, he must first extricate himself from his gangland past – an endeavour that will involve killing lots more people first. Fairbrass does his best to look deeply troubled and conflicted, while James Cosmo enjoys himself in a garrulous “Godfather” role.

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