There’s nothing more sublime than love when it’s on fire-and nothing more destructive than love when it goes out. Thrown into the abyss of passionate, stormy romance with a mysterious girl named London, Sid believed that this music of the spheres will be eternal, but he was wrong.
One day they both realized that the feelings exhausted themselves, and London left the life of the hero. But the girl left, and the pain remained. Trying to dull the agony of a broken heart, Sid goes into all sorts of trouble, silencing himself with whiskey and drugs. In vain!
Realizing that his life is meaningless without his beloved, the hero decides, by all means to see London and either persuade her to return – or die. But he will have only one try: if he does not manage to do it today, he will never manage to do it again – tomorrow London leaves the city forever.
“London” is a gorgeous super-emotional movie about love and, partly, about philosophy. And even its action takes place not in the UK, but in America. Although there is still one Englishman here with an appropriate accent – Jason Statham. London is the name of the girl with whom the main character, Sid, broke up six months ago. The movie is built on Sid’s memories and returns to reality. He has not yet forgotten his beloved and cannot let her go. And this evening there will be a farewell party about London’s departure from the city… to which Sid is going to come, on his way having brought a new acquaintance, Bateman.
The thing that hooked me about this movie was the camerawork in “the very toilet” where at least half of the movie takes place. The idea was that while Sid was talking to Mallory, for example (played by Joy Bryant). – the camera focused on the real characters, then on their reflections in the mirror, then on their reflections in the mirror in the mirror – that is, on the opposite wall! Focusing and unfocusing happened constantly during their dialog, which added to the impact of their words in no small way.
Dane Cook also made a cameo here – the last movies I saw with him were the funny comedies My Best Friend’s Girl and Good Luck Chuck.