Low_Rent
While I enjoy a good "shoot-em-up" movie just as much as the next person, this movie made me regret watching it. The writer is lazy with the story. Sirrus gets in way over his head but seems to handle everything he encounters. So much so that despite all the shooting and even grenades, he comes out of his experience with barely a scratch. In fact, everyone in his little group ends up with no injuries. Nothing. Seriously, not even a scratch despite all the violence. The writer seems to think that it is a good idea to have the worlds most incompetent gangsters and cops as the "bad guys". But if they are as stupid as the movie portrays how did they make it as far as they did? Makes no sense. It was frustrating to watch Sirrus and his group make it through each encounter with very little happen to them all the while defeating everyone they come across. Just lazy storytelling. Also, the acting is sub-par with the exception of Enoch Frost and Marlon Day. They at least have some acting ability. Do yourself a favor, avoid this lousy movie.
sensibleaddress
In the gritty, swarming, multicultural streets of London, a dealer's regular day goes down the loo in a high-paced, quick-witted barrage of bullets. I most loved the Jamacian-Welsh bad boys Tony and B, with their mix of comic relief and their bad-ass moves. Watch out for Jane's tension-blitzer moments. Was surprisingly moved by what the character Asif brought to the story. Recommended.
FlashCallahan
The East London borough of Hackney is rife with greed, corruption, bad acting, and the fight for survival. Sirus likes to make a little extra cash on the side, but not legally. Very occasionally, he passes a small 'package' from his London supplier, Asif, to small-time Welsh-Jamaican gangsters. The latest deal is is to happen in Sirus's home, much to the annoyance of girlfriend, Amanda. But things are about to go wrong. When the Welsh boys arrives, they are horrified to discover that Asif has been interrogated by the police, and coerced into going through with the deal, under watch by two lawmen straight from the seventies........It's Brit gangster straight to DVD movie number 257 for 2015, and this time, the horrid sub genre has reached a new low.As usual, it's amateur hour for all concerned, as we get the stereotypes that have existed more and more since the advent of Ritchie and Nick Love. Obviously the main character, Sirus, narrates the whole ordeal, and then we have the bent coppers, ridiculously over the top, the mates from the valleys, who had the potential to be something quite interesting, but never evolve to anything more than gun pointing onlookers.And before you know it, the film turns into one big, boring warehouse siege, with one policeman outside talking like he's a bit tasty to our 'heroes' in the warehouse, who in turn, have his partner as hostage.And just as things couldn't get any more incoherent for you, we are treated to some non- specific European thugs who are on the payroll, and guess what? The group have no way out.It's honestly as boring as it sounds, and I'm becoming more and more intolerant of these sort of movies, the more I watch them, but, every now and again, we get a little gem, like We Still Kill The Old Way, so it's just about worth trudging through abhorrent, Insufferable messes like this, but the gems are increasingly becoming few and far between.It's badly acted,badly written, and it just looks poor, and it feels longer than Lawrence Of Arabia, despite it being less than Ninety minutes.Do yourself a favour, ignore positive reviews of this film,they are obviously plants, and do something more worthwhile, like ironing your socks.Like another bad Gangster film I reviewed earlier this year, I wonder how long it'll be before the director adds me as a friend on Facebook?Ignore this even exists....
aartishah
Makes a nice change to movies out at the moment. This is a current, funny and slightly crazy (fun) movie and great for a night in and a pizza.There aren't many movies made with such a combination of humour, gangs, drugs, bikes etc Great acting and funny characters with good music.Would totally recommend to those who like Brit flicks. There's also an air of mystery with the movie with some unanswered story lines (pari) which is cook. Great chemistry between the actors Will look out for these actors in other productions Also like the lighting in the movie These movies can often be too dark which then becomes unpleasant
