London (2006)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Feb 10, 2006

Running Time: 92 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Jason Statham, Chris Evans, Jessica Biel, Joy Bryant, Kelli Garner, Isla Fisher, Dane Cook, Louis C.K., Jeff Wolfe, Lina Esco

director: Hunter Richards

When Syd learns that his ex-girlfriend London is leaving New York without telling him, he responds by impulsively crashing her going away party. Once there, rather than confront her, he holes up in the bathroom with a pile of cocaine and Bateman, an enigmatic Englishman he barely knows. As the two engage in a drug-fueled conversation that runs the gamut from entropy to S&M to the meaning of life, Syd struggles to work up the nerve to talk to London before it’s too late.

A seedy tale about cocaine and sex, London is style over substance.

Story

Jessica Biel plays London, a beautiful Manhattanite moving to Los Angeles. We don't know much about her, other than that her ex-boyfriend, the self-loathing Syd, (Chris Evans, Biel's real-life boyfriend), is really hung up on London. Syd meets a cocaine dealer, Bateman (Jason Statham), for a score and invites him along to crash London's going-away party. Syd and Bateman hole up snorting cocaine in an upstairs bathroom all…