Spent some time watching this in High Definition on a Saturday night, and fairly surprised at some of the reactions here.
Lets get one thing straight from the off though: This is not a great film. It does what it does, and in my opinion, it does it well.
It tells the tale of a small group of disaffected British males, sickened by the state of the society they inhabit and to be frank, at times, I understand where they are coming from.
The introduction to the characters is slow and builds up nicely, but at some point it inexplicably ends and the rest of the film feels somewhat rushed.
A lot of people have commented that the camera work made them feel sick. Perhaps i am seeing something that isn't there, but I got the feeling this was in fact intended - the fact that the camera work 'degenerates' into a shaky (shakier) mess during the fight scenes/beatings tells me that this was intended to produce that very effect, to make the viewer feel sickened. It worked on me, particularly when Decker(?) is beaten in his dream.
Not a great film, but to me, powerful nonetheless.
Lets get one thing straight from the off though: This is not a great film. It does what it does, and in my opinion, it does it well.
It tells the tale of a small group of disaffected British males, sickened by the state of the society they inhabit and to be frank, at times, I understand where they are coming from.
The introduction to the characters is slow and builds up nicely, but at some point it inexplicably ends and the rest of the film feels somewhat rushed.
A lot of people have commented that the camera work made them feel sick. Perhaps i am seeing something that isn't there, but I got the feeling this was in fact intended - the fact that the camera work 'degenerates' into a shaky (shakier) mess during the fight scenes/beatings tells me that this was intended to produce that very effect, to make the viewer feel sickened. It worked on me, particularly when Decker(?) is beaten in his dream.
Not a great film, but to me, powerful nonetheless.