Reviews

Set in Scotland in the 1970s, the film centres on a promising young Scottish boys initial advancement through secondary school followed by an unrealistic regression in to a border line psychopath who has a "canny" grasp for Latin. He returns to school after a 6 week summer break more like a pre-borstal Scotish version of Carling (Ray Winstone) from Scum. Quite unbelievable that 6 weeks is all it takes for him to turn to the dark side. On a plus note the acting was solid and I suppose if you were born and bred within that particular environment then the film would have more resonance. Bleak with a heavy dose of realism, this film does not sugar coat life in the Glasgow ghetto.

What shocked me most about this debacle of a film was the sheer lack of credibility. A broken woman singlehandedly and systematically breaks and murders five rednecks, including a Sheriff, without a shred of remorse. Not taking into account the physical impossibility of her actions, the question is where had she been hiding for a month? Narnia? Boot camp with Rambo? This film is terrible, so bad that it actually made me write my first film review. I enjoy films that break taboos and push boundaries and test your limits of taste but this film had no class. Implausible script, no empathy with the main actors. Absolutely awful film.