If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

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

Perhaps not quite Lock Stock but still an awesome British Gangster movie!! I was very surprised to see the low rating here certainly compared to some other British movies released lately, as this one is thoroughly enjoyable. Definitely up there with the likes of Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1 etc.. Instant classic!!!

I've never been moved to write a review before, but this film is truly awful.I read in another review that in Q&A with the director this was from true life experience? If this is the case then he must live a very strange life. We have a club that can apparently pass 10k extra through the books when that would probably account for a 300% rise in takings. A club which attracts 50 people and plays 2 tunes all night. An owner that's doing so well and is impressing his "boss" so much that he can't lend more than £500. A man who is prepared to rob his own work at gunpoint without so much as a tea towel round his face. An armed response unit consisting of 1 car and 3 officers and the generic loan shark who is prepared to beat someone to death in broad daylight because they are 7k short of a 10k debt.Please don't get me wrong, I love a London flick and watch many with a misty eyed reminiscence whilst being perfectly happy to ignore a few plot flaws, dodgy acting and even dodgier accents. This just stretched it too far. I can only think The Grind referred to the pace of the film, but I was giving it a go expecting perhaps some detailed character development. What I got was no character development, no believable interaction, terrible acting (the hand cutting scene and the multi storey car park were priceless) and a conclusion that was akin to getting rid of a house spider with a rocket launcher. 3/4's of the film was the life of the tamest occasional clubber rounded off with the fate of someone who had betrayed a serious villain in a way that was about to cost him 10 years or 10 million.Jamie Foreman, Danny John-Jules, why? This must have been a favour owed. If you have a spare hour and a half in your life, go and take a long dump, you'll come out feeling much more satisfied.

terrible plot, shocking acting made worse with bad mockney accents, jamie foreman was good but it looks like all the budget went on him! everything about it was really unbelievable, like a bad drama class loads of bad pauses in between lines, bad delivery of lines. Really annoying direction, showing nightclub scenes for too long, seemed like it was trying to pad out the film with slow motion shots of the dance floor, completely boring i had to fast forward loads of bits, and there was no relationships between the characters, and the dialogue was really unbelievable to the DJ.."ill tell you what mate.. bang out a couple of house tunes yeah??" amateur hour! don't bother watching it, total waste of time.

With Jamie Foreman starring I was expecting something along the lines of Layer Cake or the excellent Dead Man Running. However, this is a fairly dramatic and at times a very dark and gritty tale. It follows the story of Bobby a supermarket worker with a debt to the local crime-lord "Dave" played by Jamie Foreman. When Bobby realises what's at stake he has to take matters into his own hands. It seems at times the director is trying to do Mean Streets, but with a bit of action. Well actually there are also drug taking & sex scenes too. However essentially it is a tale of criminal wheeling and dealing, backstabbing, friendship & betrayal. Even without knowing the story in advance, I can say the final act came as a surprise. The picture quality was average and a wooden performance from the supporting lead, but the trance/techno soundtrack suits the era well. This film is certainly not a student film and anyone who claims it to be has no idea what cinema is. The Grind is certainly worth watching.