“The Penguin lets nothing get in the way of its story, though. The plotting is fast and neat, with Cobb only ever a hair’s breadth away from triumph or disaster and the audience left breathless watching which way the latest twist will take him [With select cinematography from Zoë White, ACS]. Farrell – really a revelation here, despite being buried beneath layers of prosthetics – keeps the desperation of an underestimated, under-loved being running always just beneath the surface of the ruthless killer. Glimpses of the man he might have been (with Sofia, with his sort-of girlfriend and with Victor) are just frequent enough for us to mourn the loss.”

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