Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304602201 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6304602200 Label: Polygram USA Video Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Polygram USA Video Release Date: June 30, 1998 Running Time: 99 minutes Sales Rank: 21584 Studio: Polygram USA Video Theatrical Release Date: May 09, 1997
Amazon.com: Producer Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) is behind this decadent comedy about a pair of lowlife but oddly intelligent Welsh brothers who generally make a pain of themselves in their small community, but who get serious about exacting revenge for a family tragedy. Director Kevin Allen succeeds at turning the entire film into a jacked-up freak show, with petty terrorism, cops on the take, a young virgin getting it on with a middle- aged creep, and a male choir inexplicably singing Mungo Jerry's ancient hit "In the Summertime." This is loony, nasty stuff all around, but the only good laughs in the movie are top loaded into the first few minutes. After that, it's sheer tedium. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - THE WORST TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE! TRULY TERRIBLE!
Having seen and loved Trainspotting, and knowing that Danny Boyle helped produce this film, I foolishly rented it in the hopes of seeing a slice of Welsh life, something not often found on film. Instead, I was forced to watch two utterly unsympathetic, bloody-minded, and totally unredeemable hooligan twins do ever-more unpleasant and stupid pranks, culminating in several totally unjustified murders, with the only two characters deserving of death waltzing off into the evening! Talk about perverse film-making.
If you still think that every British film about the drug-addled, football ... Read More
Rating: - Ugly and pointless...
I saw this film on the Sundance Channel. The opening credits featured a rather lushly produced song that was more in line with the 1960's than the 1990's, when this film was made and took place. So, I says to myself, they're probably being "ironic" (or a smug smart a--, which is what they really are), then the credits read that the executive producers were none other than Andrew MacDonald and Danny Boyle, the brains behind Shallow Grave (a smarmy, wretched piece of work) and Trainspotting (which was better, but still had some of that 90's smugness to it, but it had several good moments). The film ... Read More
Rating: - this is a welsch flick!
its all welsch.theres these two poor twin brothers who spend thier days getting high and causing very cruel and unusual things to happen.2 cops get very mad about thier exploits and hunt them down.its not for kids.theres a lot of drug use and some nudity.theres even very nasty things the twins do.theres no other movie quite like it.maybe a bio dome meets james dean type deal.theres one particuraly nasty part where the twins pee in a chicks hair while shes singing karaoke.theres a chick.maybe thier sister who gets naked during one part.shes not hot but boobies are good!the 2 cops are very obnoxious.the ... Read More
Rating: - BRILLIANT! And I don't mean the Guinness commercials!
This is an absolute MUST SEE film. It is so accurate you could well believe it is a true life documentary. As a Welshman living in the USA, it is a perfect reminder of what it is like 'back home'. I can (and I am sure all Welshmen abroad will) relate to every word spoken and every frame flicking by. Heck it even made me homesick at one point!! Some of the scenes of nightlife in Swansea/Abertawe even reminded me of how I used to be in my youth! If you are Welsh living in another country (yep, that includes Lloegr/England) it has to be an addition to your video library, don't miss this wonderful depiction ... Read More
Rating: - Twin Town True Welsh Humour, FANTASTIC!
If you don't have a copy of this, get it. If anything it will show you the difference between the Welsh Nation & the English. If you loved Trainspotting you will laugh like hell at this, I Just wish it was on DVD.
As A true Welshman living in America it is good to watch this film to remind me of Home, The people & Sense of HUMOUR! You'll love this Film & if you don't understand anything send me an E-mail & I'll happily explain it all for you. P.s. watch out for the farmer & his sheep.
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