(Warning this review might contain spoilers)

I got this for 30p off Amazon Marketplace (the postage was 4x as much) and in all honesty I’m glad I didn’t pay any more. You know it’s funny, when I read the synopsis I thought I knew what this movie was about, but clearly I’d misread it, or the synopsis was wrong because not at all what I was expecting.

First off Ray (RC’s character) doesn’t really have his accent. Which considering I couldn’t really make out anything they were saying half the time, made me wonder part way through if watching it with the sound off would improve things. It was over halfway through before I understood the plot.

This was rated an 18 and I’m thinking it’s due a re-rating. Perhaps back in 1997 it was an 18 but by today’s standards it was incredibly tame. There was a reasonable amount of swearing but I’ve seen more violence/blood on an episode of CSI. From the back of the DVD the warning was for “strong violence” so yeah that was the funniest thing about it.

I know I’m not usually this sarcastic about the movies. I strive to say something positive but I’m struggling a little bit. I suppose it did improve once the ‘action’ such as it was started in the second half. Basically, not recommended in any fashion whatsoever which is a shame because it had Ray Winstone in it as well. He looked incredibly young which I guess makes sense. Anyway, if you’ve seen gifs from it, then you’ve seen the best part.

You know I don’t think I would be this harsh if it was a different genre. This, with armed robbers and shooting, is my bread and butter. It’s my kind of movie so I guess I feel a bit more equipped to judge it, than I have about some of RC’s other credits. With those I said ‘not my cup of tea but your mileage may vary’ because I do try and be fair.

I’m going to rent Summer off Amazon Video next. That isn’t my genre so I’ll probably be more polite about it 🙂