Crappy film

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I have never rated a film, nor posted an opinion on line about a film but having just watched this poor film I felt a duty to join IMDb and post a rating so as to warn others who may be considering making the same mistake as me. I gave this filth a 1 star as thats the lowest rating the ratings tool would allow me, but believe me this is not even a one star film, its awful terrible acting, terrible plot,the whole thing was absolutely ridiculous and I feel cheated. Anyone who had anything to do with this garbage must feel truly ashamed of themselves. I am a lover of great film, but if the truth be told I can watch any old rubbish and normally get in to it on some level but not with this absolute turkey, it was horrendous. I cannot fathom how anyone in there right mind could have allowed this film to be made let alone released, what a rip off, we have been cheated people. I now have a headache and the most annoying thing is I sat through this until the end despite deciding one minute into the film that this is the most amateur, pathetic effort of an attempt at a gangster movie I have ever seen. You cant even call this a movie, this film should be renamed'"Gone in 60 seconds"because thats precisely how long I should have left it in the DVD player before tossing this rubbish out of the window.Be warned do not watch this movie.!!

I used to live in SW9 so it was good to see some of the market and shops - blakker dread musik!!! The cast is interesting and I can see why it won a lot of festival awards - Vinnie Jones is more low key than usual, though Patrick Bergin who was so good in Sleeping with the Enemy makes up for him by playing it over the top.I don't agree with the guy who says the accents were no good. I think the film was trying to say something about different identities, black white, Irish and British. Most of them seemed to be using their own accents - Bergin and Mumba are Irish, Jones and Daltrey (who has a small part but who was very good as a gang boss) are both playing London Irish. The only accent that was a surprise to me was ER's Eric La Salle, and I thought his was pretty good - he was playing a Londoner pretending to be a yardie.The only thing I didn't like about the movie were that the train station didn't look like anywhere in central London, but I forgive that because the story was good and the reggae soundtrack was the best I've heard, though a pity they did not have Johnny Was by Bob Marley. A good DVD.

Attended Rebelfest in Toronto where this won the Sony Audience Award and as a fellow filmmaker enjoyed meeting some of the guys involved in making it.The mix of voices in the movie was really different - Jamaican, Irish, English and a lot of people have commented on the soundtrack of reggae, which was well used.Some aspects were not so great - technical production left a bit to be desired, but I suppose this is low budget indie problems always.Acting wise I think Vinnie Jones was good and while I read some comment about him not doing a good Irish accent, unless I've completely missed the point I thought he was supposed to be a Londoner whose family came from Ireland, which would mean he spoke like a Londoner - which to my ears he did.Another small grumble is that Roger Daltrey is very good but should have had a bigger role. He has an interesting character, but it just comes and goes.I agree with the comments on Samantha Mumba - a bit too healthy looking for a junkie. On the other hand, Lennox Lewis, who I was expecting to be just a celeb cameo did really well in an interesting role as a DJ running an illegal music station.Anyway - we enjoyed it, so congrats to cast and crew from someone who knows how hard it is to get indie movies made.

What can I say? I watched this movie because of the IMDb ratings, and I just can't believe that they are real. It looks like the online marketers got to this one, because the movie is awful. Don't believe the other reviews. The plot has holes in it, the characters aren't believable and basically it's one big embarrassment for the UK film industry. If only the ratings would have reflected this obviously bad movie, I would have avoided it. Leave this one on the shelf, or at least don't expect a movie worth a rating of (as of my writing) a seven and a half. I love how the other reviews are so professional sounding, with such interesting insights into the movie. Let me quote a couple:jagon1 (only ever reviewed 1 movie): 'I'd like to compare this film to Crash, as it successfully integrates people of different races forced to coexist with one another.' - this movie is a comedy and crash is a drama.. The Jamaicans and Brits in London get on quite well together. Marketing hype.rustyandamber from Dublin (the movie is about Irish terrorists, interesting coincidence.. yes again only one comment): "Music was a big thing - I like rap and rock but reggae is totally different. Lennox's mixes were great." - I like rap and rock but reggae is totally different? what? This isn't real.parkertilley from saint vincent (who also only ever reviewed this movie) has the following detailed information in his/her review: "(Vinnie Jones (XMEN 3), Patrick Bergin, Roger Daltrey--YES, from the WHO!). Especially when one of the IRA guys tries to steal the gangster's girl (Samantha Mumba (TIME MACHINE))." - This is marketing hype.megan-206 (who, you guessed it, only ever wrote this single review): Women could see this film and enjoy it. - yes, this is marketing.Exactly 11 of the 23 reviews talk about how amazing the soundtrack is. I have never seen so many reviews talk about a movie's soundtrack. Quite handy since the soundtrack comes on the DVD.. - Marketing hype.I could go on and into more detail, but I wont. As of writing this, almost every good review of this movie reads as a marketing ploy. Maybe one or two are real, but the rest sound the same, are _overly_ positive, keep going on about the soundtrack and have never written another review.