Film review: LEGEND, from ‘Built For Speed’

Legend has nothing to do with Ridley Scott’s 1986 fantasy film, instead it dramatises the rein of infamous London crime lord brothers Reggie and Ronny Kray. The film is based on the book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson. Like the recent Whitey Bulger biopic, Black Mass, Legend is a flawed

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 16th October 2015

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two big crime biopics just released in our cinemas.  Legend recounts the infamous activities of London’s Kray brothers while Black Mass depicts James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s rein as crime lord of South Boston in the 1970’s.  We’ll let you know how they stack up against the gangster classics such as

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