Somehow this movie escaped my attention for a few years. I love it when I find a sleeper that is really good - Spartan with Val Kilmer comes to mind.This movie runs the whole gamut of emotions, from the pleasantness of being in the beautiful English countryside, to the evil side of mankind. The story, acting, cinematography, everything was just great!

I'm struggling to understand why the reviews aren't better. It's a magnificent film, from a long and difficult source, turned into a fine screenplay. One of the best gangster movies in many years. Sprawling, epic, lovingly photographed and well acted, the film shows that Hollywood can still make good genre films if the script is right. You have to like Afflect to go along with this project, but his character and his performance have depth and the support cast are uniformly believable, the prohibition/gangster era is well-wrought and the story maintains its tempo all the way. It avoids clichés as much as possible , given the genre, and remains plausible throughout.It's well worth your time.

I love this movie and thought it was brilliant. It fits well in the reality of a country suddenly falling apart and also with the possible reality of the nuclear bomb being used by terrorist groups. The declaration of martial law, the separation of boys and girls, the terrorists, the groups of men walking around the country brutalising people... everything is there and brilliantly directed. As for the acting, Daisy and her punk fashion style fits perfectly with her teenage attitude of faking to not care about what happens around her. Piper is great as a little naive girl who can get distracted from a dead body and the reality of war by a bar of chocolate. The boys were acting great. At first, all pretty much carefree in their country then falling apart during the war.

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