Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
Acting
Rhys Ifans' shaggy charisma carries two hours of escalating absurdity.
Production
Gloriously tacky period detail that loves its era without mocking it.
Writing
Winks at its own myth-making without collapsing into total irony.
Director
Bernard Rose
Rhys Ifans
Howard Marks
Chloë Sevigny
Judy Marks
David Thewlis
Jim McCann
Luis Tosar
Craig Lovato
Crispin Glover
Ernie Combs
Omid Djalili
Saleem Malik
Christian McKay
Hamilton McMillan
Elsa Pataky
Ilze
Jack Huston
Graham Plinston
Jamie Harris
Patrick Lane
Sara Sugarman
Edna Marks
William Thomas
Dennis Marks
Andrew Tiernan
Alan Marcuson
Ania Sowinski
Maureen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Howard Marks himself cameos as a suspicious customs officer who questions his own smuggling methods.
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