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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the scenes, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing. At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tonnes of marijuana from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia. ...Mr. Nice
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Good movie and worth the watch, however,we found it rather tame and not as spirited as the book. That of course is where your imagination comes in.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Howard Marks is a legend amongst fraudsters and narcotics dealers alike. This film perfectly captures the maverick business man and his outrageous life. It opens in monochrome turning to colour when Howard smokes his first spliff as an undergraduate. Howard Marks is played by Rhys Ifans , who plays Marks as a charming, raffish boyo from the Welsh valleys. The film is a lighthearted, amoral comedy thriller.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Mr Nice is a biopic of the life of convicted-drug smuggler Howard Marks (played by Rhys Ifans - Notting Hill). The film chronicles his origins, education, love-life and, most importantly, how he fell into the life of an importer of illicit substances.
Rhys Ifans was practically born to play this role, the height, the accent and mannerisms are all spot on to Howard Marks (a welshman himself) and many times behind the dark glasses and long hair it's difficult to tell the actor from the man. The story is well directed, giving us enough of Mark's back story to understand his mindset and the choices he makes without getting bogged down in the minute detail. This is a truly picturesque cinematic experience, as we see Howard travel from his hometown in Wales, to his College in Oxford and as far around the world as Afghanistan to source his merchandise. When this is thrown in with IRA contacts and MI6 agents it makes for one extremely interesting tale that, regardless of your stance on drugs, you will end up willing Howard to come up smiling. Chloë Sevigny (Barry Munday) deserves a special mention for her brilliant rendition of Mark's wife and David Thewliss plays the quasi-insane IRA contact Jim McCann with great flair.
Where this film loses a star is making Rhys Ifans play Howard Marks at 17-21 which just looked ridiculous as Rhys Ifans really cannot get away with playing a character that young. What also lets the film down is the awful CGI of 1970's London that Ifans has been superimposed over. Even the grainy 'stock-footage' filter they lay over the top can't disguise how badly the CGI is and this is extremely obvious on Blu-Ray. Still, the desert scenes in Afghanistan are well shot and stunningly crisp so this isn't a problem that persists through the film.
There is a director's commentary and a couple of interviews with the Cast but it's really nothing special.
A really interesting biography of a man that has lived a very interesting - if illegal - life. Certainly one to make you think, recommended!!
Rhys Ifans was practically born to play this role, the height, the accent and mannerisms are all spot on to Howard Marks (a welshman himself) and many times behind the dark glasses and long hair it's difficult to tell the actor from the man. The story is well directed, giving us enough of Mark's back story to understand his mindset and the choices he makes without getting bogged down in the minute detail. This is a truly picturesque cinematic experience, as we see Howard travel from his hometown in Wales, to his College in Oxford and as far around the world as Afghanistan to source his merchandise. When this is thrown in with IRA contacts and MI6 agents it makes for one extremely interesting tale that, regardless of your stance on drugs, you will end up willing Howard to come up smiling. Chloë Sevigny (Barry Munday) deserves a special mention for her brilliant rendition of Mark's wife and David Thewliss plays the quasi-insane IRA contact Jim McCann with great flair.
Where this film loses a star is making Rhys Ifans play Howard Marks at 17-21 which just looked ridiculous as Rhys Ifans really cannot get away with playing a character that young. What also lets the film down is the awful CGI of 1970's London that Ifans has been superimposed over. Even the grainy 'stock-footage' filter they lay over the top can't disguise how badly the CGI is and this is extremely obvious on Blu-Ray. Still, the desert scenes in Afghanistan are well shot and stunningly crisp so this isn't a problem that persists through the film.
There is a director's commentary and a couple of interviews with the Cast but it's really nothing special.
A really interesting biography of a man that has lived a very interesting - if illegal - life. Certainly one to make you think, recommended!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Ifans gives a gripping central performance...
The rights to make a film of Mr. Nice were sold to the BBC by Howard Marks when the landmark autobiography of perhaps the most sophisticated drug baron of all time topped the best... Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. EXETER
Boring
The guy gets caught for drug dealing then released then caught then released then caught then released... Thats the film . Read more
Published 8 months ago by A. Murphy
Enjoyable documentary
The main reason I purchased this DVD was because the pig seen chasing a girl at around the 50 minute mark was in fact my son's pedigree Welsh White Boar, name of Merlin. Read more
Published 8 months ago by ardieboy
can't wait to see him live
what a great book, looking forward to the film. looking forward to seeing him LIVE at the tivoli venue, buckley! for a tenner bargain! on 2nd july! Read more
Published 12 months ago by opo
Mr Nice is not....you guessed it (nice)
A glossy, hazy glamorisation tale, with no substance (ironic?) that sees Rhys Ifans glide through this joke of a British film. Read more
Published 13 months ago by T. BROOKES
Good
This was a good flick, but not as good as the book, dont think the buget was all that big. The movie caught some of the good parts, but not as many giggles as the book.
Published 13 months ago by B. Todd
sound quality destroys a good movie.
i recently saw a very interesting documentary by marks, and thought a movie relating to his life could be worth watching. Read more
Published 14 months ago by chatbear1
Gently enjoyable romp through the life of an unusual character
Mr Nice is dominated by a terrific performance by Rhys Ifans, nailing Howard Marks' laid back Welsh drawl and slightly bemused attitude throughout the film. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Benminx
Quite Mundane And Poorly Filmed
Having seen various articles featuring Howard Marks I was quite intrigued to learn more about him - not enough to invest the time to read his biography, but certainly enough to sit... Read more
Published 14 months ago by N Thompson
VERY disappointing
Yes do read the book, the book is amazing and a true story.
The movie has done a terrible job of putting the book on the screen. Read more
The movie has done a terrible job of putting the book on the screen. Read more
Published 14 months ago by L K Le
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