What does the title mean?

Anybody?

The poster says it all no? The "sexy beast" is ironically Gal; an overweight, oiled up, retired gangster who spends his days roasting under the sun.

It's more symbolic than a mere description of Ray Winstone's character. I don't think it's calling him sexy, or anyone else in the film for that matter. It might however be describing his life as sexy.

In its simplest form "Sexy Beast" is a juxtaposition of good and bad. It's an oxymoron. The good is "Sexy", and the bad is "Beast". When you apply that to the film, the "sexy", or good, is represented by the happy retired life that Gal is living, spending his time with the woman he loves and his pals in a hot and sunny Spain, and the bad or "beast" is represented firstly in a literal form as the beastly psychopathic bully that is Don Logan, coming to upset Gal's happy life, and more figuratively as Gal's criminal past catching up with him. I think it's further highlighted by the film's poster, where you see Gal sunbathing and relaxing, while the shadow of Don looms overhead with what looks like a gun in his hand. That's how I interpret it anyway.

Worst title and poster for a decent movie ever. Totally misleading.
Perhaps it is slang for "getting revenge on the producers of a movie you chose the title for"

Like someone else mentioned, the title is strange and off-putting.

I thought it was a reference to that hairy, impish demon that keeps popping up in Gal’s dreams.

" the reality is that the beast is the lifestyle itself. The word "sexy" means primal just as much as it does attractive in this situation. This is a dangerous but alluring profession, and if you aren’t careful, it will get to you—even if you are the baddest of the bad."


I LIKE THAT ONE.

Violence is exciting.