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Class Action Park (2020)
A great watch for the uninitiated
I think a lot of people are missing the point with this doc. It's told through the eyes of many different people, many of them kids at the time, and so of course their recollections and memories of the park are going to be different to those who paid a price on a personal level. Yes it was dangerous, yes Gene Mulvihill was a sociopath who acted disgracefully and irresponsibly in a great number of ways, and equally yes a lot of people have fond memories of the place and how it was an embodiment of what it meant to be a kid in the 80's. We see a story told through many different eyes, sometimes in comedic fashion but ultimately the message gets through; a lot of people got hurt there and the park was poorly managed and constructed. It certainly wouldn't get built today, and that's one thing everyone interviewed would agree on now, even if they didn't realise it at the time.
Silent Witness: Lift Up Your Hearts: Part 2 (2019)
Incredible, but not in a good way
The first hour of this two-part episode was a decent enough journey into inner-city drug culture and the often tragic consequences. The second part played out in fairly predictable circumstances and left little mystery as to the identity of any perpetrators. There was a lot to get through and one may have wished for an extra 20 minutes or so in order for those story-lines to reach a more measured conclusion and have meaningful impact, rather than feeling crammed in and delivered unconvincingly. But, perhaps mercifully, an hour was enough.
Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)
Decent film if you accept it for what it is...
There's a glut of these sort of films but this latest offering from the ROTF franchise, documenting the trials and tribulations of Pat Tate and the people he comes into contact with, isn't too bad an effort if you like this sort of film. If you're able to look past the ageing actors and lack of attempt at setting the action in the 90's you'll find snappy dialogue and a good soundtrack, but most importantly you'll find that Craig Fairbrass really does excel at playing arrogant, psychopathic and dangerous characters such as the one they are trying to portray this time round in Pat Tate. If there was a TV mini-series produced which followed the adventures of Pat, Tony and Craig as they do drug deals, kick lumps out of people and get into various scrapes and capers with plenty of swearing thrown in, I would most definitely watch it. Each episode would always end with a mention of Mickey Steele's supposed drug-deal, followed by all three getting blasted away in the Range Rover, with 'Heaven knoooooows what life may brii-iing...' played in the background. Then, a sneak-preview of next week's episode - Tony and Craig set off to buy some drugs, but Craig leaves the money in a McDonald's toilets. Meanwhile, Pat glasses someone in a pub for looking at him the wrong way. Tune in next week!