What is the iRankMovies score for Legend?

Name: Legend
Director: Brian Helgeland
Genre: crime, thriller
Released: 2015
Duration: 2 h 12 min
Rating: 6.9

Legend has an iRankMovies score of 64/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Legend (2015)

Love, fight, live, rule like a legend.

Release:2015

Runtime:2h 12m

Country:France

Director:Brian Helgeland

Language:English

Genre

CrimeThriller

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Keywords

Gangster BiographyBased On True StoryTwinsAggressiveCautionaryDramaticForeboding

iRank64

Legend rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.9/10· 219K votes

Rotten Tomatoes60%

Metacritic55%

TMDb7.053/10· 4K votes

With 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.9/10 on IMDb and 55/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Legend

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

Cast of Legend

Tom Hardy
as Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray
Emily Browning
as Frances Shea
Christopher Eccleston
as Leonard 'Nipper' Read
David Thewlis
as Leslie Payne
Taron Egerton
as Mad Teddy Smith
Chazz Palminteri
as Angelo Bruno
Colin Morgan
as Frank Shea
Paul Bettany
as Charlie Richardson
Tara Fitzgerald
as Elsie Shea
Paul Anderson
as Albert Donoghue
Nicholas Farrell
as Dr Humphries
Duffy
as Timi Yuro

Legend facts

Budget: $25M
Box office: $43M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Crime biography based on true story delivers aggressive dramatic intensity
•Cautionary narrative explores criminal lifestyle through foreboding atmospheric tension
•Character study of kingpin provides compelling dramatic examination of criminal ascent

What the audience disliked

•Critical scores suggest execution challenges in balancing biography and thriller
•Dramatic tone may overwhelm character development and emotional nuance moments