The Modern Way

I was a little unsure about what to make of this film when I watched the first 10 minutes, I very nearly wasn't going to stick it out. But after deciding to give it a chance, I'm glad I did, because it was a great effort by the filmmakers. Some class tunes, decent acting and a good script. This movie was a nice bit of escapism. Hard nut Terry Harrison has to help his late best friend's little sister as she seems to be doomed to go down the wrong path with a bunch of Skinheads. Then on the other end of the stick, you've got Young mod Frankie in debt with a load of bikers. Nice mix of the two stories. Loved the set up, could have been a bit more grittier, however, I enjoyed it.

I found this movie to have some exciting moments. The costumes were ok but the mod costumes needed a lot of improvement - the style wasn't on point. Skinhead and biker costumes were good though. It was a nice script from the writer, had a good story and the acting wasn't bad. A few performances were better than others. Soundtrack was banging - got the adrenaline going. What I think they did well here was nail the 1980's with such a low-budget. From the cars, to the clothes, to the set designs - it was nicely executed. I was hoping for a bit more though. If they get a chance to make a second one, I would make it more grittier - include more violence. But for a first film from these guys, they did well.

And the cast aint the most smashy news either, so unless youve been either of the kind of hudlums and villains portraied in this just wihin feature length british drama , you can easily make a pass.

Even though i had an issue with punks in edinbourgh in the late 70's shoving a finger to some walking by the bus i sat on, never even imagining it would stop at the next corner, i had my heart hurdling up my jaws, but faithfully nough the bus drove before the lot caught the bus, never ever after have i shown my fingers to anybody from public transportation.

This is fairly spoken just another semi newie production stuff, the stakes are higher than the means, and its far to much chatter and less action than expected.but it highlights the abuse and powerty issues of great britain in the past very well, so a 4 and a farewell comes from the grumpy old man.

That was s**t.

Unconvincing characters and honestly the worst acting I've ever seen. The one star is generous to be honest.

It was described as 'a gritty British drama'. Gritty!? When you've got 'this is England' to compare the film to its laughable! Laughed through the whole thing. I feel embarrassed for the makers of the film and everyone involved. I've watched episodes of Neighbours that were more gritty than this film.

I guess in a way the director's a genius because it really was spectacularly s**t.

Not a bad setup but a common plot without explanation of the motives behind behavior, e.g., why one character sold drugs, why the dealer (the one excellent performance) had the problem with getting his money on time, why the hero had a hero complex, why he had the distractingly weird fake hair that makes it hard to take him seriously... so much left out from the character development, and none of them is likeable. I couldn't really appreciate the nonsensical divide between the "Mods" and Rockers either... as if any one of them was modern (nah not really), or as if that's some kind of fixed rule everyone there knows. Not much to redeem this one: A producer wanted to play the hero so he made a low budget action flick pretending to have some kind of insight but struggling to create a story with genuine conflict or motive.