20041h 45mDir. Matthew Vaughn

Layer Cake

Name: Layer Cake
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2004-09-30
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Tom Hardy, Colm Meaney, George Harris

“The art of good business is being a good middleman.”

DramaThrillerCrime

3.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 3.5 ★vs2nd Half: 3.5 ★

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When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

Starring:Daniel Craig,Sienna Miller,Tom Hardy,Colm Meaney,George Harris

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Daniel Craig

XXXX

Sienna Miller

Tammy

Tom Hardy

Clarkie

Colm Meaney

Gene

George Harris

Morty

Sally Hawkins

Slasher

Kenneth Cranham

Jimmy Price

Jamie Foreman

Duke

Michael Gambon

Eddie Temple

Ben Whishaw

Sidney

Dragan Mićanović

Dragan

Stephen Walters

Shanks

Key Production Crew

Director

Matthew Vaughn

Screenplay & Writers

J.J. Connolly, J.J. Connolly

Cinematography

Ben Davis

Original Score

Lisa Gerrard, Ilan Eshkeri

Producers

Adam Bohling, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn

Film Details

Budget$6,500,000

Box Office Revenue$11,900,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Marv

Keywords & Themes

#london, england#based on novel or book#drug smuggling#hitman#kidnapping#gangster#drug trafficking#ecstasy#cocaine#drug mule

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

3.5

Before he ever slipped into the tux and asked for it shaken, not stirred, he was just XXXX cool suit, cold eyes, swimming in a sea of bad decisions. Layer Cake isn’t just the second-best Guy Ritchie movie that Guy Rit...

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