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Woody Allen’s third London-set film is a minor tale of a murder perpetrated by a pair of Cockney working-class brothers (erratically played by Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor).

Farrell plays a car mechanic with a gambling problem to McGregor, who’s busy pawning himself off as a rich entrepreneur to capture the high-maintenance affection of a local model-turned-actress.

The financially needy lads succumb to a murderous assignment from their rich uncle (played by Tom Wilkinson), but one brother is better suited to the task and the black comedy sinks into melodrama in a fairly unsatisfying third act.

Nearing the end of his career, Woody Allen has become a hit-or-miss director with considerably more misses.

Rated PG-13. 108 mins.