London (2005 film)

Infobox_Film
name = London


caption = Theatrical movie poster
imdb_id = 0449061
writer = Hunter Richards
starring = Jessica Biel
Chris Evans
Jason Statham
Joy Bryant
Isla Fisher
Kelli Garner
director = Hunter Richards
producer = Paul Davis-Miller
distributor = Samuel Goldwyn Films
released = February 10, 2006 (USA)
runtime = 92 min.
language = English

"London" is a 2005 relationship drama feature film centering on a Manhattan party. The movie is directed and written by Hunter Richards, his first. It stars Jessica Biel, Chris Evans, and Jason Statham.

Plot

A party becomes a metaphor for the wasted lives of a handful of young hipsters in this edgy independent drama. Syd (played by Chris Evans) awakens from the latest in a long series of drug- and booze-fueled benders when he received a phone call from a friend informing him that his ex-girlfriend London (Jessica Biel) will be moving away to California with her new boyfriend in a few days, and that a going-away party is being thrown for her that evening. Although not invited to the bash, Syd decides to attend anyway, bringing along Bateman (Jason Statham), a banker who moonlights as a cocaine dealer.

Bateman is carrying a large supply of cocaine. After arriving at the party at the condominium belonging to the parents of a club girl (Isla Fisher), he and Syd install themselves in the bathroom, where they snort line after line while guzzling tequila and discussing philosophical matters regarding love, sex, and emotional pain. For example, Syd was never able to tell London that he loved her. Bateman is impotent.

The private party-within-a-party is soon joined by Maya (Kelli Garner) and Mallory (Joy Bryant), who use their cocaine and feign sympathy with Syd and Bateman. When Syd learns that London has arrived, he natters on and on until Bateman challenges him to go out and talk to her.

After a heated confrontation in the middle of the party, Syd and London decide to leave to talk somewhere more private. As they are a leaving a fight ensues in which Syd and Bateman severely beat other male guests, and they barely make it out of the party. After a little while they make up in Syd's car and have sex later in London's apartment. In the last scene, at the airport, Syd says "I love you". Although this impresses London deeply, as Syd never said it before because he doesn't believe in words, she still leaves him.

Cast

ee also

*London Movie Soundtrack

External links

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* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/REVIEWS/602090304/1023 Review] by Roger Ebert at the "Chicago Sun-Times"