It's a British mainland stereotype that everyone in Belfast has a criminal record , wears a balaclava and carries a gun . So how does film from the Republic Of Ireland begin ? With a character driving a car being chased by a couple of hooded men carrying baseball bats . Never mind the Good Friday Agreement if ACCELERATOR doesn't unite everyone in Britain and Ireland in to Belfast stereotypes nothing willI didn't understand the opening scene . It's obvious the men after the protagonist Johnny are paramilitaries , probably loyalists ones judging by the colours the railings are painted as Johnny runs to his home but feels the need to burn the car he has stolen . Hmmmm if you're getting pursued by a kneecapping squad of the UFF why bother to burn the car . I mean it's not like the UFF are going to send out a forensic team to take fingerprints is it ? I guess the RUC might but wouldn't an experienced car thief like Johnny be wearing gloves ? I suppose the logic of this scene is that the film wants to get off with a bang literally After setting up this scene the film meanders around . Characters come and go and say " What about ya ? " and " what about ya ? " and " what about ya ? " which is the only comprehensible dialogue in most of the film . Since it's produced in Dublin I often thought the characters were talking in Irish Gaelic The rest of the film is a rather uneasy mix of GONE IN 60 SECOMDS and TRAINSPOTTING but lacks the star charisma of a Robert Carlyle . That said it does portray lower working class alcohol obsessed Celtic culture relatively well , but of course being set in Ireland someone has to pull out a gun some point . What about ya ?

This film is an absolute disgrace, I have never seen anything so bad in my life and hope I never will again. The biggest waste of time and money, I can't believe things like this are allowed to be made, completely retarded, and just typical of the world we live in. Stupid plot, crap acting, rubbish dialogue, its hilariously bad, I just cannot believe this could be made, I can understand other films like this getting the go-ahead like Gone In 60 Seconds etc., even though I also find films like that retarded, but I know there is a market for them out there, and they look like masterpieces compared to this joke. It's an insult to all good film-makers with real ideas out there who don't get the time of day from production companies, that this is seen as art.

Full of horrible, hysterical overacting and ugly, uninteresting "characters", you wouldn't give this the time of day if it came from the States. Just because this trashy exploitative yarn was transposed to Ireland- or set in Ireland originally- isn't enough to raise it from the bargain bin status it deserves. Truly mediocre and visually mundane, it's simply awful! It's like an illiterate rip off of 'Deathrace 2000." Maybe the lack of originality is supposed to be postmodern, to me it just sucked. The director I believe was just as bad an actor as he is a director. Stay away unless you thought "Pete's meteor" was good.

I rented a few movies a few days ago, and I watched this one last because I wasn't sure if it would be a good one. Well I was totally surprised after seeing just 10 minutes, the suspense is so good, it gives a very real impression about teenagers doing crazy stuff, there's a very good storyline, it's funny sometimes, there's good action, nice cars and also some drama. Afterwards I really felt like this was the first good movie I had seen in months. If you haven't seen it yet and you like some tuned cars racin, kids doin very crazy stuff and a bit of drama, you'll love it!