he actually scares the *beep* out of me thinking anyone would be like him in real life if just creepy his whole accent and way of talking and acting is just so cold and uncaring i cant think of anyone more evil than him
p.s yes i have watched godfather and all gangster films he is by far the worst
He's pretty damn scary, but I like how you get to see him interact with his peers at the boxing match, and you see the change in his behavior.
IMO Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) from Casino still takes the cake.
Well he would do, if he was abusive and violent with them, they'd cut their business ties with him and he'd lose loads of money.
share@HorribleGit No sh_t Sherlock.
shareWell no, I thought you were implying that he was frightened of them or something.
share@HorribleGit OK, in that case I take back the Sherlock jibe.
My point was that it was interesting to see this gangster boss Brick Top interacting with his peers. A lesser movie would only show him ordering his minions around, but in Snatch we see him when he has to be friendly ("Now you have to forgive me").
What's really interesting is the scene after Mickey's first-round knockout of Bomber. We see Brick Top at his most humble when confronted by his equals ("I'll make it up to you, I promise"), then straight afterwards we see him as his usual self when confronted by some schmuck ("If I throw a dog a bone, I don't want to know if it tastes good or not").
Yeh its funny, you can see on his face how annoyed he is that he has to be civil to them and hold back his impluses. I think that makes his reaction to the 'fringe' even more vicious.
shareHe would have a whole lot more to worry about than losing money. Those guys were above him in the London underground. If he acted like he does with the "average" low level thugs with those two, he would be lucky if they only killed him.
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What evidence is there that they were above him? From the looks of it they were equally powerful men who were annoyed because he made them bet on a misfire.
shareThe fact that he was intimidated by them rather than the other way around. Note that every other person he interacts with at any point in the movie he talks down to. Not these two. These two he actually shows respect. Most likely because they're higher on the food chain than he is.
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They were his superiors *beep* pikey's put me in it" You can't be put in it with equals. Especially a man as powerful as Bricktop.
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He's pretty damn scary, but I like how you get to see him interact with his peers at the boxing match, and you see the change in his behavior.
IMO Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) from Casino still takes the cake.
Brick Top is actually the most recognizable portrayal of an old school Cockney gangster in film. Those guys were scary and hilarious at the same time. The old school gangsters nowadays have completely died out, but British gangsters still exist. Liverpool ( in the north ) is still a major breeding ground for British organized crime and even though most white people moved out of the East End you can still ( and always will ) find plenty of villainous types in South London and Essex where most East End families moved out to.
shareWhoever thought that a small myopic old man would terrify the hell outta me? He was pitch perfect as a crime lord.
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He's great, no doubt; easily my favorite character. But I have to admit, Hatchet Harry from Lock Stock was pretty damn scary, too. Beating someone to death with a 16 inch dildo is pretty hard.
Here's to the health of Cardinal Puff.
Bricktop isn't myopic, he's farsighted. That's why his eyes are magnified in the lenses.
shareNope. Not even close. Watch Gangster No. 1. Bricktop is a bad man, but he isn't straight up mentally ill like the unnamed main character from that movie. Cold and uncaring is one thing, but at least you know who you're dealing with.
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Alan North played the part well.
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brick top was mildly scary to me, in the beginning. i agree with the other poster that he turned out to be a woos when you saw him kissing tail at the fight.
i always thought vinny jones was way 'worser' than brick top. and for that matter, the russian was a bad dude. and crazy
i find waingrove from HEAT (m. mann 95) to be my top gangster. and javier bardem in no country for old men (plat?) was pretty intense.
for recent props i say woody harrelson really surprised me in the christian bale movie i saw a couple of months ago. about the new jersey rednecks in the hills near pennsylvania. sorry i forget the film title. but harrelson was off the hook evil, no lie.
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shareI don't even think he's the scariest british gangster film character, the movie is awesome but slightly comical. Jack Carter in the original Get Carter would have to be the scariest British Gangster in film and up there as scariest of all time in regards to film. I think Tommy DeVito is scarier then Nicky Santoro. Scariest of all time is really hard to pick, I think a lot of the organized figures aren't that scary because they usually use some sense in how they act. The ones who truly don't care whether they live like O-Dawg in Menace II Society who will kill someone over a slight comment with no regard to whether they get caught are truly the scariest.
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