Steven Stelfox is a young A&R man who has no interest whatsoever in the music he is responsible for. His only interest is his own personal advancement, in pursuit of which he is prepared to violently murder people who had regarded him as a friend. To be fair, he only does this once. Sorry, twice. Oh, hang on a minute...
Nicholas Hoult plays Steven in a pitch-black comedy which disturbs as much as it amuses. Steven is a character who, one hopes, is exaggerated to the extent that someone with his extremes of career-advancement strategies doesn't actually exist: the film suggests, however, that he is not alone. Given the nature of the material, the extreme bad language and constant drug use are no surprise. The sex – advertised on the certification as "strong" – wan't, particularly.
My big problem with this movie is that I don't know whether I liked it or not. Stelfox, though charismatic, is a deeply unpleasant murderer and manipulator of people: I didn't like him, I didn't identify with him, and I didn't much like spending time in his company despite being passably interested in what he was up to.
So don't expect me to recommend one way or the other – make your own mind up.
Nicholas Hoult plays Steven in a pitch-black comedy which disturbs as much as it amuses. Steven is a character who, one hopes, is exaggerated to the extent that someone with his extremes of career-advancement strategies doesn't actually exist: the film suggests, however, that he is not alone. Given the nature of the material, the extreme bad language and constant drug use are no surprise. The sex – advertised on the certification as "strong" – wan't, particularly.
My big problem with this movie is that I don't know whether I liked it or not. Stelfox, though charismatic, is a deeply unpleasant murderer and manipulator of people: I didn't like him, I didn't identify with him, and I didn't much like spending time in his company despite being passably interested in what he was up to.
So don't expect me to recommend one way or the other – make your own mind up.