I had no trouble following the dialogue at all.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

Yup, the whiny nasal high pitched American is a common trope in British theater and TV.

The whiny American accent can also be difficult for Brits to understand. I usually have to watch US movies on TV and DVD with the subtitles on to follow the dialogue.

UMMMMMMMMMMM..
Watching DVD NOW, and the sub-titles work just fine. On your DVD remote, there is a button that is marked "subtitles". Try using it.
And yes, British accents are hard to understand.
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It's not that difficult. As an American, I generally understand about 90-95% of it. The rest is generally a mixture of unfamiliar slang, strong accents and fast-talking. I've known British (mostly English) people who have the same problem, especially with the less "flat" varieties of American English. It's not worth everybody getting so worked up over.

Mainly beep and beep , those low class British thugs are easy to ken.

You didn't miss much, they weren't exactly reciting Shakespeare.
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What makes it "real English"? The language you were speaking when we broke off was just as foreign to modern British English as American is.

Oh dear. You Americans don't understand real English. Tsk tsk!

I can see where you are coming from, as the Americans can find it a bit difficult to understand the New Zealand accent, however the Canadians have no problem whatsoever.

This thread is such a bunch of bs. I have trouble understanding the British language also. It has nothing to do with cultural differences or whatever. We Americans speak very slowly compared to other languages. And that is what we are used to. A lot of times I have to turn up the volume to understand something and it has to do with "me 'earing" not being what it used to be.

Felt the same way. Couldn't understand half of it.

Not sure how the OP saw it, but the R1 DVD has subtitles
I have to admit, its one of the first times I put an English speaking movie's subs onI had NO trouble with Cain, his friend & the police, but the "hoods" I had quite a time understanding what they were saying (oddly enough).
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you americans you are very naive when it comes to films if its not made in hollywood you dont reaally care.dubbing please it wasnt that hard to understand,

Welcome to my world - a Brit that struggles to understand much of the dialogue in American films.
George Bernard Shaw was correct.

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At last the voice of reason, well said scarlettbees
followed by some more xenopobic hatemongering ranting from mr rolle

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What the hell is wrong with you people who are using someone's difficulty in understanding thick accents as an excuse to not only insult them personally, but condemn their entire country and/or culture? Did your dad not hug you enough?
Such an easy-to-solve problem that many people have already repeated.SUBTITLES OPTION ON DVD. It is not a goddamn commentary on anyone's culture or intelligence to use this convenient feature in order to understand a thick accent.
If you CAN understand it without the subtitles, GOOOOOOD FOR YOOOOOOOUUUUUU! Give yourself a pat on the back and a big bowl of ice cream!
Quit being a prick just because of the benefit of anonymity.
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I guessing you were seeing in a theater, because obviously you can turn the subtitles on on the DVD. For those who don't get why Americans can't understand British accentsI'd say that's not always the case. Personally, I found Michael Caine, the Len character, and the cops easy to understand. I'm not an expert in English dialects, but clearly some are a lot "thicker" than others. It was the thug kids with their clipped slang that I found difficult to make out. Apart from a bit of slang that's hard to make up, this accent is just very "grunty" and not as clear as the more "proper" English of the detectives. There are a lot of movies and TV shows from England that I love, and I find that some of them have accents that are more difficult to understand than others. Northern English and Irish accents tend to be some of the "worst" offenders. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy hearing them; I just usually prefer "subtitles on" in those cases (same with Footballers Wives, Gavin & Stacey, etc.). It sucks to have them on when it's in my own language (basically), since it takes up screen space; but better that than to have to keep rewinding to make sure I hear what what said. When watching movies I'm always kind of OCD about making sure I hear all the dialogue (I like to get every word basically, rather than just the "gist" of it). But anyway, you have to admit that these are not all "standard" forms of English.

Anybody who does not understand the dialogue should perhaps learn to speak English!