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London Fields (2018)
Directed by Mathew Cullen
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Overview
Clairvoyant femme fatale, Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men — one of whom she knows will be her murderer.
Rated R | Length 118 minutes
Actors
Amber Heard | Theo James | Jim Sturgess | Billy Bob Thornton | Johnny Depp | Cara Delevingne | Jaimie Alexander | Jason Isaacs | Lily Cole | Gemma Chan | Henry Garrett | Jennifer Missoni | Chris Ryman | Hon Ping Tang | Emily Kincaid | Alexandra Evans | Pablo Raybould | Rita McDonald Damper | Claire Greasley | Williams Belle | Michael Shaeffer | Andres Austin Bennett | Craig Garner | Triana Terry | Obi Abili | Bobby George | Martin Amis | Christopher Fairbank | Chris Wilson | Adrian Derrick-Palmer
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/27/2018 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Goofy, stylized, exaggerated neo-noir set in near future London with a mystery you can solve in the first 5 minutes. That said, I’m a Amber Heard fan and this is essentially a vehicle for her to look astoundingly beautiful and act deliciously bad. It’s actually a plot point that she’s so goddamn attractive that all the men leer over her. Director is a music video guy and knows how to frame Amber to always look her best in every damn scene it’s nearly too much yet part of the exaggeration of the story and characters.
Also a very weird to see Depp and Heard together when clearly this was made back when they were together (3+ years ago) and only now getting released perhaps to distance the film from their personal troubles. Depp isn’t credited despite having a significant supporting role.
While Amber Heard is a beauty to behold she’s not doing much here other than being a fiery femme fatale. Jim Sturgess is the most impressive of the three main male leads. Possibly the biggest leap the film asks is that two of the men have beautiful wives at home but still fall for Heard (I get that as she’s positioned as a goddess here) but still.
Overall a silly film that will play well to netflix crowd. Wish it had more Gemma Chan.
Also Nicola Six?? Nikki Sixx anyone? Surprised they didn’t buy a Motley Crue tune for this.
6 years ago
From Wikipedia:
Heard played the female lead in the Martin Amis adaptation London Fields, which was initially scheduled to premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was pulled from the festival roster after director Mathew Cullen sued its producers, accusing them of fraud and of using his name to promote a cut of the film he did not support. The film’s stars, including Heard, had also written to the producers, objecting to the cut that was seen at press and industry screenings in Toronto. London Fields and Heard’s performance received highly negative reviews, and she stated that “it was one of the most difficult movies to film and it has proven to continue to be difficult…I can’t say I did her [the character] justice.”