i really wanted this to be good as i am from Liverpool where it is set but it truly awful. the acting from everyone involved is cringeworthy the script is terrible absolutly terrible. terrible

This is quite simply one of the WORST films I have ever seen.Alex Cox has made 1 good film(Sid and Nancy)and has been coasting since then on his non-reputation, but enough is enough.Taking Middletons already over the top play and infusing it with dreary 80-s post-punk visuals and dreadfull Derek Jarman style pretension leaves the viewer nauseous and patronised.Eccleston, usually dependable is AWFUL, and only Izzard acquits himself(amazingly).Avoid this trash at any cost0/5

A superb turn from the eternal punk, Alex Cox. Excellent performances and production design that never overshadows the rest of the show, despite being constantly inventive and energetic. And a great soundtrack by ChumbaWunmba (never thought I'd see myself saying that :))

Wonderful! Elizabethan (or Edwardian) suspense meets "A Clockwork Orange". This production of a play by John Middleton (Shakespeare's contemporary) is cast in a dark punk-futuristic mode. The setting fits the plot so snugly it almost seems like Middleton wrote the play especially for it. Great acting. Highly recommended for anyone willing to make an effort to get the fast-paced 17th century English.