Six Bend Trap

There is no excuse for poor films, not with the money put into English film and the directors/producers/scriptwriters we have to be proud of.

Its worth highlighting, anything with Dave Courtenay (if spelt wrong...arsed) in is likely to be sh*t, he isn't an actor and either bullies his way into a film or makes it prudent for the film to go ahead, so this is not a good start!! Apparenly he's an actor, errr, no he is a thug that has lost his purpose in life, or maybe has no purpose.

The acting is appalling, seriously appalling, and for most parts it is sad, because I can imagine with a bit of input, it could have been a different film with more going for it. As it is, if you manage to watch 20 minutes, well done, its far more than most will!! Give this a miss!

I had no idea i would rate this movie as high as i would, but that does not mean i am wrong at all. An excellent movie that has, unfortunately, more to do with gritty life in the North East of England than it has to do with Greyhound racing (the reason i would watch it). Some might say Courtney is not the best actor int he world, which is undoubtedly true, but he pulls it off in this movie and the cast surrounding him do a good job as well. Do not forget that most of the cast are just locals and have no special "powers" when it comes to acting, but that makes the movie all the more appealing. It comes close to the heart being a former Glaswegian and knowing some about the hard knocks of life.

Again, pleasantly surprised and worth a look

An independently produced, low budget slapstick gangster comedy which belabours the increasingly ludicrous shenanigans of a guileless trio of Teesside likely lads attempting to train a greyhound to win at the prestigious Peterborough racing event, as portly scowling slaphead villain, Gordy (Dave Courtney) and his absurdly cackling mini-mean side-kick, Buffalo Phil (Peter Bonner) serially slap all in sundry about until the hare-racing climax. McCarthy's excitable, earnestly made, episodically amiable crime romp is both intentionally, and, fortuitously, unintentionally funny! While the noisome narrative is not always convincing, it fitfully provided a few crudely mounted moments of levity, but, overall, the dramatic elements failed to ignite.

I believe it would be entirely fair to suggest that some of the more prodigiously warped schlock-seekers will actively relish the cheesier comedic nuggets unearthed herein, and boozier members of the 'so-bad-it's-good-brigade' may well praise the film's frequent lapses of taste! I discovered that it is injudicious to feed a greyhound an excess of whiskey-laced eggs before a race, revenge is a dish best served with mushy peas, and plucky Emmerdale alumni, Lisa Riley was a real trooper being the super-sized butt of a multitude of mean spirited jibes entirely at her expense. The game cast's 'colourful' acting performances are either competent, amateurish, or conspicuously absent. Unsophisticated, poorly edited, and undeniably silly, McCarthy's cartoonish crime caper is not entirely without skewed entertainment value.

This is my second attempt at reviewing this film. The first time, it was deleted due to an abuse report, by another user. Not sure why. So, here we go, the toned down version.....

It gets 2. Because 1 would seem unnecessarily cruel.

What's all this about every rubbish UK gangster film (dwarf with a sword stick, oooh, yes, ALL gangsters have one of them...) now has to be compared with Guy Ritchie. I mean, he was doing Tarantino rip-offs, badly. This is a pretty risible attempt at something cool.

Wooden:

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And what on EARTH was the badly choreographed dancing to the seriously bad song, about half way through? My guess is the one in the middle, dressed in black, was someone's girlfriend, 'cos she SERIOUSLY couldn't dance. Come to think of it, I'm guessing they were ALL friends and partners of the cast and crew, but they looked sad and zombified.

Oh, fer Goodness sake, where on EARTH do you start?

One and a half million quid? Who on EARTH thought that was an even half way good idea?

Not bad enough to be the worst film, far far too bland for that.

Oh, I give up. I've said far more than it deserves, already.

What absolute rubbish, a waste of video, wooden acting, wooden everything. I cannot believe someone would actually make this rubbish.

It is one of the worst movies, with the worst acting and the worst storyline you could ever have the misfortune to come across.

The other reviews tried to compare it with some other well known movies, sadly this movie seems like it was put together by a 5 year old, what a terrible script, what terrible acting, what a terrible story, what a terrible waste of video! Even if you have nothing better to do, you will not need to waste your time watching this rubbish.

What surprises me, is how anyone even thinks that this kind of rubbish is going to be popular! Can you imagine paying good money to make this rubbish?