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Essex Boys: Law of Survival (2015)
Probably the Worst "Movie" I Have Ever Seen
OK, so I noticed this film and got hooked in by the 5 star blah blah and the (at the time) IMDb rating of 7.0. Usually means it will be of a decent standard even if you don't like the premise or the movie itself. Oh how wrong. I couldn't literally believe how bad ALL of the acting was. Some people mention the performance of the lead actor; well they are clearly his friends because he was the best of a very bad bunch. The guy who played the character "Lee" was so miscast it is untrue. You will never hear an Essex "hard man" talk the way that he does. It was hard enough anyway but from the moment he entered the movie any ounce of seriousness I had had evaporated. Such a poor actor. I would go so far as to say it was a total embarrassment to the British film industry and I hope I never watch a movie as bad ever again. I lasted around 30 minutes and then my girlfriend and I watched "The Martian", then you can see what real actors can actually do. Do not waste your time. It won't be long until this film has a 3/4 rating on here, and even that would be extremely generous.
Saints and Soldiers (2003)
6.8? How?
I have seen that this movie did not cost much to make, and it is startlingly obvious from the get- go. I'm not saying that films have to cost £100 million to be good, of course not, but to say this film is good, just because it was cheap, is very misleading.
There is no conviction in any part. The acting is amateurish at best. The English "accent" is terrible and it feels like the actors hadn't met before the scenes were shot. The script is tired and unoriginal. You don't get a sense of togetherness or camaraderie and I have seen better acting in Home and Away. There is cliché after cliché, I was so disappointed. When the American says he can speak German, it is so funny. Bitte and danke with the biggest American accent you have ever heard. Then the "British" guy enters the fray. Wow. If this wasn't written by Americans who have never been to England, or met a British person, then I would be entirely surprised.
I like war movies, I really do, but this was tedious, contrived, clichéd and boring. How it even got one million dollars of funding is beneath me. I would have saved up and spent the money on a project that was much more worthwhile!