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From Steve Coogan's Baby Cow Productions comes the gripping story about a family on the wrong side of the law in this British drama from filmmaker Ben Wheatley. Karl followed his father into the family business, which in this case happens to be organised crime, and their occupational hazards become obvious with the two return to the family home after a few days in jail. Bill is convinced that one of their associates has been talking to the police, and whoever it is needs to be silenced as soon as possible, but first they have to figure out who the snitch is.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is undoubtedly a British gangster film and yes it does involve a family in the illegal drugs business and there is a grass (or maybe more than one), but this is not Lock Stock Land but rather more like a Mike Leigh improvisation. Set in Brighton it alternates mundane observations of life with sudden violence. It is both funny and sad (very sad at times). I found it very good indeed but be warned before you watch that it is not Vinny Jones or Ian MacShane territory.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Just so funny. Absolutely wonderful film. It feels like they're making it up as they go along and can barely keep straight faces. Nor could we - though it helped that we came to this film expecting it to be depressing and with lots of horrible characters all acting like "geezers". It's delicious as you slowly realise that this film is nothing like that. The music is beautiful and kicks in at all the right places. The acting is perfect. This isn't just another crap British gangster film. Though it's very different in tone (and expense), I'd put it up there with The Long Good Friday and Get Carter as one of the three greatest UK gangster films ever. I don't know which of the actors are the amateurs, but if Garvey and Eric and Valda are among them they should be off to Hollywood right this minute. Everyone's brilliant. The guy who was George's friend in Bleak House. The real-life father and son. Maggie. Could go on. This is only about the third time I've ever felt so strongly in love with a film to write ravings like this on Amazon. God, if only Britain made more films like this. Or even just another one.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The best British Isles film since Dead Man's Shoes. And like the aforementioned masterpiece, this is powerful drama with disturbing violence aided by natural ad-lib dialogue and 'everyday' characters, making it all the more convincing, real and in-your-face a portrayal of otherwise normal (or not) human beings who are also gangsters.
It rivals The Sopranos on that point, its strength being its ability to make the viewer sometimes empathise with the characters' familiar everyday problems, even though we know they are paranoid-psychotic sociopaths. It also has that series' charm and brutally graphic elements.
All laced with top-notch black comedy, filmed with innovative editing and camera work. The film will charm you from the off, it will even humour you. Then it will drag you into the dirty psychological dog-eat-dog darkness of both the criminal underground and the human mind, as paranoia takes hold and events run out of control. Great stuff!
It rivals The Sopranos on that point, its strength being its ability to make the viewer sometimes empathise with the characters' familiar everyday problems, even though we know they are paranoid-psychotic sociopaths. It also has that series' charm and brutally graphic elements.
All laced with top-notch black comedy, filmed with innovative editing and camera work. The film will charm you from the off, it will even humour you. Then it will drag you into the dirty psychological dog-eat-dog darkness of both the criminal underground and the human mind, as paranoia takes hold and events run out of control. Great stuff!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Down Terrace ! down right disappointed
The comments on the DVD sleeve say A dark British Sopranos and A gangsster film like no other. Well it is nothing like the Sopranos whose characters are full of menace and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roy Q
Ignore the idiots... This is an understated classic!
Ignore the poor reviews and the dreadful DVD cover... this film is pure low-budget character-driven genius. Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. G. Long
totally misleading
Described as a great gangster film,iam totally lost by those who gave such reviews!!!.One of the worst films i have ever seen & spent my money on.
Published 5 months ago by Marion Holland
Good film
This film is enjoyable some humour and some of it a dark but all in all very watchable give it a try
Published 6 months ago by NANNY TO 4
"Babes in the wood"
DOWN TERRACE is a real treat: An understated British gangster flick mixing hilarious dysfunctional family drama with pitch-black crime movie brutality. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dante Golio
frosty
who ever rated this 5 star must be getting paid,i turned it of after about 1 hour,have to give in worst film ive ever seen.
Published 13 months ago by ian
Dark, Bizarre, cult Brit drama
This British film is dark, odd and twisted but refreshingly different. In a short story about organised crime in a quiet local family there is plenty of suspense, drama and a... Read more
Published 15 months ago by T. BROOKES
Folk music and violence
I'm only writing this as I've recently read a few reviewers putting this film down. I absolutely adored this film so feel moved to sing its praises. Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. LEAHY
Off beat Lo Fi British Brilliance..
The DVD cover may suggest a Nick Love style 'Geezer fest', this wonderfully funny British film is anything but...
Think, Scum meets the Sopranos.
Watch it.
Think, Scum meets the Sopranos.
Watch it.
Published 16 months ago by Marnie
bloody marvellous
A really well acted,well scripted 'gangster' film.Funny and realistic,a million miles away from the usual comic book portraits of criminals.
Published 19 months ago by bucky
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