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Certificate 15

Cast Robert Hill Julia Deakin Robin Hill.

Directors Ben Wheatley.

Screenwriters Robin Hill Ben Wheatley.

Running Time 93 minutes

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Down Terrace
Brighton-based crime shenanigans

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Plot
Father and son, Bill (Robert Hill) and Karl (Robin Hill), emerge from prison determined to unmask the police informant threatening their family business.

Review
A vicious darwinism operates within this bleakly hilarious reclamation of the British crime genre from peddlers of mockney muppetry. Determined to punish the narc who put them inside, father and son small-timers Robert and Robin Hill lure the suspects to their Brighton home. Deadpan is the watchword for this seaside homage to The Sopranos, with the slapstick insouciance of the assassinations only enhancing its cult appeal. Robert Hill and wife Julia Deakin seethe contempt for their minions, while Robin Hill veers between brattish tantrums and clumsy romantic gestures that disguise his darker purpose. Surreal and sinister, this is a savvy exercise in anti-social realism.

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I would sayistinitely a superior film, but the story, characterisation and most of the acting in rraceellent. Wheatley knows how to shock ... More

Posted by rigsterblaster at 15:57, 09 November 2012 | Report This Post

three stars and no explanation why? really? this film is solid in all areas quality, wheatley hasn't put a foot wrong yet it's deserving of at least another star if not two. ... More

Posted by hi charlie at 16:01, 08 November 2012 | Report This Post

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