Adam Bohling, David Reid, and Matthew Vaughn produced the film with Stephen Marks serving as the executive producer. The cast includes Daniel Craig who plays the unnamed main character. Colm Meaney plays Gene, Kenneth Cranham plays Jimmy Price, and George Harris plays Morty. Jamie Foreman plays the character of the Duke. Michael Gambon plays Eddie Temple, Marcel Lures plays Slavo, and Tom Hardy plays Clarkie. Tamer Hassan plays Terry while Ben Whishaw plays Sidney. Burn Gorman plays Gazza, Sally Hawkins plays Slasher, and Sienna Miller plays Tammy. Dexter Fletcher plays Cody while Steve John Shepherd plays the character of Tiptoes. Daniel Moorehead stars as Dizzy, Louis Emerick plays Trevor, and Stephen Walters plays Shanks.
What’s the movie about?
Layer Cake tells the story of the gangster underworld, and a man caught up in its machinations. The man is a successful drug dealer, titled simply as XXXX at the end credits. The drug dealer is a London cocaine distributor and has amassed quite a bit of wealth for him. The wealth is enough for him to finally call it quits on the whole drug business. However, just as he is about to retire from criminal life, Jimmy Price summons him. Jimmy is a mob boss and one of his chief associates. Turns out, Jimmy has two tasks for our protagonists. Now, XXXX wants to retire, but he can’t dismiss Jimmy, hence, he takes it. One of the tasks is to track down the drug-addicted runaway daughter of one of Jimmy’s associates. The protagonist has never carried out such a task before, yet he must do it. The second task that Jimmy asks of the protagonist is to oversee the purchase of one million ecstasy tablets. A low-level criminal named Duke has stolen the ecstasy tablets from a Serbian gang. XXXX begins his work. He hires two con subordinates Cody and Tiptoes to find Charlie, the daughter. Meanwhile, he also wishes to sell the drugs to a Liverpool gang. But he learns that Duke had mentioned his name to the ruthless Serbian gang. This makes him their target, but the troubles don’t end there. He also learns that Charlie Eddie Temple’s daughter is the enemy of Jimmy. Eddie also reveals that Jimmy is a double-crossing police informant. Now, XXXX must traverse through the dark layers of this underworld cake to make it all work. In the process, he is met with deception, fatal threats, and possible death. Will he be able to retire after all?
Layer Cake Ending Explained
Layer Cake ends with XXXX getting his due debt. It turns out you can’t just get the creamy crop without getting the repercussions of the underworld. During the entire violent and stuffed ordeal, XXXX manages to outsmart and one-up nearly everyone. He craftily stages the police raid to have Dragan leave his trail. He also outsmarts Eddie Temple by anticipating his treacherous play. After everything is done, he becomes the next mob boss. However, sticking to his original plan of retirement, he leaves the business to his henchmen. With his new girlfriend Tammy, he wishes to now live the content life of retirement. However, he’s yet to pay his due, and as he comes out of the club, Sidney shoots him dead. I guess the thing to take away from it is that the layer cake of the underworld is not sweet. Layer Cake is available to stream on YouTube. Also Read: 10 Shows Like Mare Of Easttown You Must See
