If it doesn't have Tim Roth in it smashing up some old lady for her tupenny-hapenny pension and then howling about about it in a dark alleyway to show he's got 'soul' while Funboy Three play on the soundtrack, then it's not a skinhead film. EOT
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Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
I agree with Fed . I also think it could have gone much further.
The girlfriend bit was just disturbing.
The range of accents on show was amusing.
I thought the actor who played the shopkeeper was dead on in that scene where they smashed up the shop and stole shit. Every time he heard the word he flinched. He looked extremely angry but he couldn't do anything. In fact, he might not have been acting. I still react the same way.
The girlfriend bit was just disturbing.
The range of accents on show was amusing.
I thought the actor who played the shopkeeper was dead on in that scene where they smashed up the shop and stole shit. Every time he heard the word he flinched. He looked extremely angry but he couldn't do anything. In fact, he might not have been acting. I still react the same way.
DaRealSpoon
Do not try and bend the spoon...
i liked it, thought the the fact there was no real violence right till the end was a nice change, i always think implied violence is far scarier. You could see it coming but i don't think that really detracted from the scene other than shouting at the telly "No don't go with him, he's gonna kick the SHIT out of ya!!"
There was some alternate ending from what i remember on the DVD, which i guess is a matter of opinion as to whether you think its better, which one did the telly version show??
Also the fact that some of the actors (the main kid for example) were plucked right off the street, as far as i know, made it more believable. Better than some drama school sprog.
Granted, not as good as 'Made in Britain' but still a decent flick i reckon
There was some alternate ending from what i remember on the DVD, which i guess is a matter of opinion as to whether you think its better, which one did the telly version show??
Also the fact that some of the actors (the main kid for example) were plucked right off the street, as far as i know, made it more believable. Better than some drama school sprog.
Granted, not as good as 'Made in Britain' but still a decent flick i reckon
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Don't recall any alternate ending tbh. Thought it was still a pretty punchy film tbh, felt that the characters were wildy believeable in all sorts of ways, from Combo being unpredictably mad and soft and psychotic (lived next door to someone similar) thru Woody being a decent lad at heart who led the way, and even Shawn's dalliance with Smelly (can't understand why some people simply can't get that one?)/
Still think the way that Combo took Shawn away from Woody was a clumsy move, as was the complete absence of his mum considering the fact that she had effectively left her son in his control in the scene more or less previous. But like said before, minor quibbles on what i thought was a very moving, emotional and gripping film that made you care about the people who were in it, that made Grimsby look almost photogenic at points ffs, and explored some difficult issues with a degree of intelligence and consideration that isn't often present. Good stuff
Still think the way that Combo took Shawn away from Woody was a clumsy move, as was the complete absence of his mum considering the fact that she had effectively left her son in his control in the scene more or less previous. But like said before, minor quibbles on what i thought was a very moving, emotional and gripping film that made you care about the people who were in it, that made Grimsby look almost photogenic at points ffs, and explored some difficult issues with a degree of intelligence and consideration that isn't often present. Good stuff
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