Layer Cake

The protagonist (Daniel Craig) XXXX (the film never mentions his name) is a London cocaine distributor who operates with the care and professionalism of a legitimate businessman. His chief associates are Morty and Gene, his liaisons to mob boss Jimmy Price. Just as XXXX is ready to retire from criminal life, Jimmy demands of him two tasks.

The first is to track down Charlie, an associate’s drug-addicted runaway daughter. XXXX enlists con men Cody and Tiptoes, who determine Charlie has apparently been kidnapped but no ransom made. The second is to oversee the purchase of one million ecstasy tablets from low-level gangster “the Duke.” Unbeknownst to XXXX, the Duke and his crew have stolen the pills from an infamous gang of Serbian war criminals.