the leading man is my tpye

Disturbing yet enthralling

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

I read the reviews of this film prior to watching it and needless to say I wasn't expecting much. The reviews are pretty much spot on, this is a strange film which is badly filmed and badly acted. Very little happens the plot doesn't make much sense and the editing is appalling. Danny Dyer gets a lot of bad press but I happen to quite like him unfortunately this is by far the worst performance i've seen him put in. It's almost as if he realised this was rubbish and couldn't be bothered. Jimmi Mistry is terrible, the girls are more convincing but no more than adequate. For all it's many flaws however at least the film kept me watching and therefore I can't say it's anywhere near the worst film i've ever seen. There are one or two decent moments and I quite liked the ending. I probably wouldn't watch it again but on the basis I got to the end without being too bored i'll give it a probably generous 6.

This movie has to be one of the greatest movies I've ever seen in my time. It truly is something of our time. If this movie doesn't get an Oscar I've lost all fate in humanity.It tickles me pink when I watch this, it gives me a special thrill while watching it. This movie is really a scary one! It makes any other suspense/horror movie you may have scene look plain awful. The acting in this movie is absolutely amazing! This star-filled cast does a great job of portraying a true sense of fear and makes you really Feel like you're actually there. And the storyline, wow. The plot of this movie was completely original and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the whole thing, if you don't enjoy this movie something has to be wrong with you. Overall this movie is a magnificent and horrifying movie.

I've never written a review on here before, never felt the need to...but this film is so mind- numbingly awful that I felt I must.Let me just say that I like the odd bad B-movie horror film, I can suspend my rational brain for occasional bad scripts, poor acting, terrible CGI, stupid characters & unrealistic plots, but this...well this is just an abomination of a film.The thing about Basement is, well, every single thing is badly done. I'll go through it bit by bit;Story: Virtually non-existent & at times it was just plain head-scratchingly stupid. The odd cliché is fine in horror films but this was like a lesson in how not to do things. The big 'reveal' just makes you say 'eh?', which I'm sure is not what they were aiming to achieve.Characters: Zero depth & no time was spent on development of any character, not a single one was likable & in horror films you really need to have at least one person you want to live (not just because one is pregnant either, that was a cheap & lazy move in this film). The men were loutish & hateful & the girls were just pathetic. Script: Sounded like it children wrote it with crayons on fancy coloured paper. People shouting, babbling & talking in riddles most of the time. Jimi Mistry's mockney stereotype was the worst, I felt, when he confronted a stranger with something along the lines of "what, you & your friends having a p**sy, p**sy row with us now?", not a sentence I'd ever confront anyone with after they'd just attacked me (& that censored word is about urine. Not, a lady's parts...for anyone wondering).Acting: To be fair, Marlon Brando would have struggled with this script/story but, it was dreadful anyway. As I have mentioned, Jimi Mistry's terrible 'fake hard-nut cockney' complete with Colin Farrell accent is the worst. That said, all the girls give him a decent run for his money with their confusing mimsy withering & shrieking. Danny Dyer, well he is just Danny Dyer. Every character he ever plays should be called Danny, it'd just be easier.Production: This whole film has a kind of quarter finished feel...as if this was the product of a trial run of the cameras/sound equipment/lighting etc. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that this was filmed in an afternoon. All in all, there is literally nothing to this film at all. You would gain nothing from watching it. Being bored is more fun.Earlier, I used the word 'horror' I might as well mention that it's not in any way scary & I assume they were hoping that it would have a claustrophobic feel to it, but it really doesn't. The ending is probably the worst part of all. After this ending, all you can do is shrug. Which is probably a fitting tribute to this film. A massive shrug. If I could give it zero I would, it is most certainly the biggest waste of time I've ever spent staring at a rectangular flashing box.

Last time I saw Danny Dyer was in The Business, which was an entertaining movie, so when I saw he was in a new film called Basement, I thought "Why not?" Had I know what was in front of me, I would say "Why bother?!" Anyway, a complete waste of time is putting it mildly. Scooping my eyeballs out with sharpened ice cream scoops and then filling the gaping sockets with rock salt would have been preferable to watching this utter bilge. Dire script - really, REALLY dire, lamentable acting - I'd love to have been there at the auditions - how did the actors keep their faces straight? It was utterly terrible from the word go. Well, not strictly true as it's pretty difficult to screw up a set of film titles. Bizarrely I submitted myself to the ultimate torture and stayed to watch 'til the end, in the faint and getting fainter (like my will to live) by the minute hope that it would get better, or maybe had a killer payoff - which is doesn't.I started watching this film sitting upright on the couch, and as the penance wore on, I slumped down to a position that left me looking and feeling like I'd spent 5 hours being sat on by overweight feminists after turning up at a women's lib demonstration with a sigh that read "Iron My Shirts!".Seriously though, what was Danny Dyer thinking? Was he behind on the rent when he signed up for this trash? Jimmy Mistry should have known better too. I mean, do they actually read the scripts before signing on the dotted line? Actually, scratch that because if you're unfortunate enough to sit through this garbage, then you very quickly come to the conclusion that they were reading the script for the first time on the toilet, on day one of filming! A friend of mine's wife says that I always manage to find something positive to say about most movies, even the bad ones, but this is a definite first for me in that I can find nothing positive whatsoever to say about it. It's really, truly awful. Bad (terrible!) acting, laughable script, and very poor direction. No redeeming qualities whatsoever.What makes it even worse, is that they've had the cheek to release it on the vastly over-priced Blu-Ray as well!!!! Arrrgh!