
Menace II Society(1993)
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.


“Love, fight, live, rule like a legend.”
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

Tom Hardy
Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray

Emily Browning
Frances Shea

Christopher Eccleston
Leonard 'Nipper' Read

David Thewlis
Leslie Payne

Taron Egerton
Mad Teddy Smith

Chazz Palminteri
Angelo Bruno

Colin Morgan
Frank Shea

Paul Bettany
Charlie Richardson

Tara Fitzgerald
Elsie Shea

Paul Anderson
Albert Donoghue
Legend is a crime, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of gangster, biography, based on true story, twins, aggressive, cautionary. Directed by Brian Helgeland, it stars Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston. Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
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