The Corrupted

...if it wasn't for the convoluted plot-hole ridden screenplay, especially in the beginning. Even the score was overbearing and annoying in the beginning, but I guess 1 of the 21 executive producers stepped up with changes and the story became clearer and the score less annoying. Had the screenplay been edited better, and the slow-paced 103 min run-time cut down to about 85-90 mins, it would've been more enjoyable. The directing and cinematography was decent, but the cast is what held this film together. If this is based on a true story, then I'm guessing such corruption is still present in London. Maybe that'll be a sequel. It's a generous 6/10 from me, mainly for the acting and last 3rd of the film that picked up the pace and intensity.

It's not awful awful but there's not a lot of good in this low budget british cliche.

Having said that i do want to give credit to the main bad guy (Cliff Cullen) played by Timothy Spall. He's not quite up to the level of a Guy Ritchie bad guy character but he's definitely provided a solid performance.

When I saw the trailer for The Corrupted I thought this is right up my street . It's a gangster movie ( my favourite genre) it's set in a part of London I know very well and it has some superb British actors in it such a Tim Spall , Noel Clarke and Hugh Bonneville but did it live up to my expectations?

This is the story of Liam, who wants nothing more than to live a peaceful life and to re-connect with his young son after coming out of prison .He learns his brother is caught up in a dark and dangerous web of corruption with property developer Clifford Cullen (Timothy Spall). In a drive for redemption, Liam risks everything to save his brother and win back the trust of his family.

The first thing to say about this film is that it's relentlessly dark . There is nothing happy or cheerful going on here and there is definitely no humour but that's not necessarily a bad thing in my book.

Tim Spall is fantastic as the gangland boss and Sam Claflin does a great job as our anti hero but I wasn't convinced that Noel Clarke was a copper for one minute .

I have to admit an hour into this I felt like it was going through the motions . Sure , there was lots of action but nothing we hadn't seen many times before . Luckily in the second half of the film it got a lot more interesting and grimmer !

This film seemed to slip under the radar when it was released last year, maybe because of how dark it is but as London gangster movies go it's not too bad at all.

It started off ok but just withered off. One to watch on the telly when it's chucking it down

Its a damn good entertaining film. Way better than a lot of brain dead US rubbish. I enjoyed it from start to finish