Down Terrace tries to grip you by pulling at the strings of your most visceral instincts, but i'm afraid this is not a good thing.
Two chumps ...erm, two hardened gangsters who apparently don't have a penny to their name, go back home after being released from prison. Suspicious of everyone, they start killing each other in large numbers. Then some more side characters from secondary plot lines also kill each other.
Aaaand that's about it.
The film in itself is not bad, but i'm not sure who the audience is supposed to be; none of the characters are memorable, or even appealing, in any way. It tries to show "realism" and while it partially succeeds (there are in fact such lowlifes in Britain), it not only overdoes the killing with multiple murders which would certainly bring down the popo in a rush, but the most "dramatic" point is that we're supposed to feel for these people.
I simply don't like films whose plot revolves around characters who are irredeemable, but you might feel differently. I see no reason why this story should be told, they are garbage people doing what garbage people do, there is no moral, no socio-historic significance (such as Beast Of No Nation might have), no comedy whatsoever (despite what IMDb says), no action. This is not The Godfather, or even The Sopranos.
If you want to watch ignorant, miserable people being ignorant and miserable, this film is for you; for everyone else,
5/10 - no redeeming qualities.
Two chumps ...erm, two hardened gangsters who apparently don't have a penny to their name, go back home after being released from prison. Suspicious of everyone, they start killing each other in large numbers. Then some more side characters from secondary plot lines also kill each other.
Aaaand that's about it.
The film in itself is not bad, but i'm not sure who the audience is supposed to be; none of the characters are memorable, or even appealing, in any way. It tries to show "realism" and while it partially succeeds (there are in fact such lowlifes in Britain), it not only overdoes the killing with multiple murders which would certainly bring down the popo in a rush, but the most "dramatic" point is that we're supposed to feel for these people.
I simply don't like films whose plot revolves around characters who are irredeemable, but you might feel differently. I see no reason why this story should be told, they are garbage people doing what garbage people do, there is no moral, no socio-historic significance (such as Beast Of No Nation might have), no comedy whatsoever (despite what IMDb says), no action. This is not The Godfather, or even The Sopranos.
If you want to watch ignorant, miserable people being ignorant and miserable, this film is for you; for everyone else,
5/10 - no redeeming qualities.