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One of Shane Meadows finest works. Just don't drink the tea...
Love that film, his best imo.
Absolutely brilliant film! We watched it again recently. Paddy Considine is truly terrifying!
I love this film. I'll even forgive the shocking shape of his beret in the funeral scene.
Great movie, such a weird one the way it goes and what happens, but it works well and decent acting across the piece.
Havent seen this film.
What channel is it on?
Rambo on acid in Derbyshire.
One of my favourite films ever.
Great soundtrack too
One of my favourite films, but I don't think I can watch it at the mo! Great soundtrack too....
Havent seen this film.
What channel is it on?
Me either - Film Four, I've set it to record (for me, not you ;)).
One of the best films I've ever seen.
I think it resonates so much because it riffs off real life working class experience, not some sanitised Hollywood bullshit vision of redemption.
Cheers. Looking forward to it 🙂
Will tune in to film4, been looking forward to watching this for a while! I watched 'sightseers' last night (I think it has one day left on channel 4 player), Directed by Ben Wheatley (a field in England). I think it would appeal to some, but not all STW readers. Although its bleak, quite disturbing and has over the top violence, there are many hilariously funny and recognisable parts to the story. Thought it was excellent.
God will forgive them. He'll forgive them and allow them into Heaven. I can't live with that.
Great line!
Absolutely excellent film. If it had been produced by some big bucks studio and had A list celeb actors in the main roles it would have been up for an Oscar.
Only ever seen this once many moons back but wow, stuck in my mind ever since!
Thanks for the PSA! Will def record that - superb film!
Poignant to me, as it's filmed around Matlock where I live and spent some time growing up on the estate - lived almost over the road from the scene where Paddy and Gary Stretch are face to face outside the garages
Superb film, Shane Meadows best I reckon.
I also 'enjoyed' Tyrannosaur which was Paddy Considine's directoral debut.
Also more recently, The Virtues by Meadows was superb.
Might have a crack at staying up and watching. Not seen it for years. Fully anticipate waking at about 3am on the sofa, cold, as the fires burnt out. Large dram of semi drunk whisky on the coffee table....
Tyrannosaur is brilliant but it’s a bloody hard watch. For a directorial debut it’s staggeringly good
Sightseers is dark comedy gold. If that’s your bag then ‘God Bless America’ is also well worth a viewing
God Bless America blew me away when I saw it as the whole celebrity culture is a bit of a bug bear with me.
Yeah, a great dark comedy.
Will deffo be taking a look at GBA and Sightseeers - keep 'em coming!
Dead mans shoes it’s a great movie. Had it on blu-ray well watched but lost it few years ago 🙁
I’m recording it tonight 🙂
Scene in pub at pool table “YOU YA C**T” 👌🏻
Kill List is Wheatley's best IMO
Fantastic film. And yes very true to life regarding goings on in deprived areas. Reminds me of the rough smalltown estate down the road as a kid (didn't live there, but had friends there, very similar)
Kill List is Wheatley’s best IMO
Awful film. Complete nonsensical rubbish.
Dead mans shoes is a great film, well worth seeing.
Only trouble with me is I'm struggling to watch films I've seen before just now and seem to be constantly hunting for new stuff.
Starts in 5 minutes
I love the way the gangsters drive about in a Citroen 2CV. Real Small Town England that.
Complete nonsensical rubbish.
Doesn't stop it being his best 😂
Mooching about!!
Doesn't pull any punches. Brilliant on the edge stuff so far...
"Do you want to give him a kiss?"
Such a dark creepy line
Wow. That will stay with me for a few days. Gripping film.
Wow thanks for the PSA @ready, I can't believe I've never heard of it before let alone seen it. Great watch and well worth staying up for! Dark but funny in places (5 up in a 2cv for example).
For anyone who missed it, definitely look it up - well worth a watch.
I'm going to look up some of the other recommendations above as well now...
Pig me! That film was as brutal as it was harrowing!
Hardly slept last night thinking about it.
I also realise that I visited that that derelict castle/house/folly in the peaks many years ago (probably very early 2000's) and there was a small bird sanctuary type thing in the grounds.
The scene where they were all off their faces could have been done a bit better, other than that, great film.
Just seen my OP had auto corrected to 'Films' instead of 'Film4'! Sorry about that...
As above, I can also recommend Sightseers and Tyrannosaur, plus check out a couple of other Shane Meadows films - A Room for Romeo Brass (again with the excellent Paddy Considine) and 24/7 (with Bob Hoskins)
I'm off to check out Kill List, and God Bless America!
Tyrannosaur is a hard watch but very compelling viewing
It was filmed in Leeds but had such a crap release that it was hard to find a cinema to watch it at. We lived in Leeds then too. I think we eventually saw it after it was re-realeased after winning BAFTAs.
You could hear a pin drop in there. Very powerful stuff.
Thanks for the PSA. Never heard of it before - it replaced my afternoon ride and was a great watch.
"Kill List " +1 for even more "uncomfortable ending"
On the subject of harrowing movies, may I suggest Bonnie & Clyde and Badlands from the early 70s. Both have left a lasting impression but I’m reluctant to revisit them as times have changed so much. It would be interesting to hear if anyone has seen either of them recently for the first time.
Found it was dragged out, it did have its moments but I wouldn't bother watching it again.
This was one of my favourite films ever as a 30yr old. I’m 40 now and can’t watch it - too depressing. Likewise Tyrannosaur!!
Just watched it. Wish I hadn’t. Can see how Shane Meadows cut his This Is England teeth.
Kill List is a great film. If you want to go full bonkers then this is as mad as you’d expect a JG Ballard book filmed by Ben Wheatley to be. We walked out of the cinema thinking ‘WTF have I just watched?!’ 😳
Goodness, what a great film - not a comedy, but great stuff. Will look up Kill List and High Rise next....
Loved kill list, but High Rise? I'd stick to the book
All great film recommendations perhaps with the exception of High Rise 🤔
Tyrannosaur is a properly brutal, brutal film. Amazing but brutal.
The Disappearance of Alice Creed is my left field contribution
Watched this back at the time of this thread and have since watched the This is England series (realised there was a prequel film at the end of 90!). It's both heart warming and brutal, slightly depressing and bleak. The interesting part is seeing news footage from the late 80s with lots of riots, Union Jacks and national front talk of "talking our country back". 30 years later...
Also watched Once upon a time in the Midlands. Bit lite in comparison but easy viewing. Warming up to the idea of watch tyrannosaur now.
Definitely give Tyrannosaur a go. It’s a hard watch but it’s utterly brilliant!
I’ve not watched This is England for a long time. I think they’re definitely due a revisit