Legend

• Crime
• Thriller

1960s London pulsates with both glamour and dread in this unflinching crime thriller, where identical twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray carve a brutal empire from the city’s underworld. Beyond a typical gangster biopic, the film fixates on the unsettling symbiosis between the brothers – a mesmerizing, volatile connection portrayed by a single, transformative performance. The narrative doesn’t glorify violence, but rather explores the psychological toll of absolute power and the isolating effect of unchecked aggression, charting their rise not as a triumphant conquest but a descent into paranoia and self-destruction. Detective Read’s investigation provides a grounding realist counterpoint, but the core fascination lies with the Kray twins' peculiar relationship, their shared history and inherent duality, pushing the boundaries of a familiar genre into a disturbing character study of fractured identity.