Layer Cake

~The art of good business is being a good middleman.

Overview

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

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General Information

Release Date: 2004-09-30
Budget: $6500000
Revenue: $11900000
Runtime: 105 min

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