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Top Boy (2011)
Superb urban horror
And it is a horror story....of the most real kind. Dark and depressing but some heart is somehow wheedled out of the nastiest of characters by means of some wonderful and thoughtful writing.
Time is taken to create 3D characters....and you find yourself feeling empathy when you know full well you should be feeling revulsion.
Dont watch series 3 just because its on Netflix. Watch 1 and 2 first (important)
The characters are well acted, but so well directed.
I must admit, the whole "Jamaica ting' " in S03 E01 nearly lost me but thank god I persevered.
No Spoiler here, but there is one utterly superb twist at the end of S03
I spent the whole 3 seasons trying to second guess which way the writer was going, and to be fair, I got a few right, I got a few wrong.....but they got me good and proper with that one.
Bad Blood (2017)
Theres only one problem
I loved this show, but dont get to like anyone too much. They could go at any time.
If you liked Narcos, Narcos Mexico, El Chapo then you will love this
If you liked Power, you probably will like this.
There was only one problem for me, and this is it.
Which nibbles and which drink to have when watching it.
Trying to keep that original and new was a strain
The Walking Dead: The Calm Before (2019)
Still getting me right there!
All the moments in TWD you think about like Negans baseball bat scene or the Junk Yard walking dead mincer is equaled in this episode.
As the title says, it still gets me right there, 10 seasons on.....
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Not too bad at all
OK, I need to chill out a bit and stop being too analytical
When it kinda seems to not fit into science fiction, then I tend to be more critical about what could happen in real life.
This film is science fiction all day long and I should chill. I should let what happens in Marvel films happen in this. There is no difference.
Perhaps its the Britishness of it all, and I am British.
Colin Firth is so cool, I could put him in my whiskey glass.
I've seen Mark Strong in better roles to be honest.
The thugs in the gang in the pub don't seem realistic. Seem like nice boys really. Weird film all round from a casting point of view.
A lot of the actors would be in some budget 20K British film foundation production. A lot of the actors would be in a 200M Hollywood production.
Its that strange mix of actors that didn't fit for me.
Perhaps I cant spot a crap American actor and I am just critical of British ones.
I quite liked the Chav Eggsy who plays the main role really. Its kinda through his eyes. Its him you are routing for and I was, so it worked. That was a show stopper if I didn't get that, and I did.
Forget the nay-sayers on the violence. They clearly haven't watched The Walking Dead lol. There is no violence in the film. Its acting people! Fake blood and CGI. No one really died. They took their pay cheque and payed the bills.
I didn't get one thing and one thing only. At the end, when Eggsy is talking to the Swedish princess through the cell door, she makes him a promise which makes him promise to come back. I really don't get why that was left in. Didn't make any sense to the "Bond gets the girl" homage to 007. See what you think.
Summary.
I enjoyed it. I will watch the new one too. I think I was confused where it sat. Is it a Marvel film? Is it a James Bond spoof? Is it a James Bond genre? Is it a low budget British film.
Thats where it didn't nail it for me.
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989)
not so bad
Amazing how dated these productions and formats look now.
I would be shocked if the director wasn't the same Director who did Colombo, Ironside and Police Squad
However, having said that, I love this format as a nostalgia trip from my childhood, with respect to the aforementioned TV shows.
This story is worth documenting as a treatise on how sick humans can be, and in fairness, its dealt with with dignity to the victims families and I agree with that decision, re: to focus on the murderers and police rather than the murders per se.
Some great actors in this show, and in many ways, the subject matter is equal in interest with the way the US produced TV films in the 80's
Mustaches prevail and very big hair of the female variety is at its USA 80's biggest.
Enjoy!
Line of Duty: Breach (2016)
but why the armed escort?
Quote:"But the unexpected turn of events was when he sent the text message and the chase to try and capture him. Cottan "The Caddy" wasn't going down quietly."
I was gripped, but .........
Why did he have an armed escort?
He comes in for a formal interview. He isn't under caution.
He is then cautioned.
2 armed police on the door, and no one asks why. The whole office, Hastings and Fleming all see he came with an armed police escort.
Arnot and retired Fleming all interviewed in the same office but no armed police
That...I didn't get.