Sid's life is a waste. Nancy's life is a waste. Making and watching a film about two wasted people is a waste. The self destruction is so obviously self serving to these pointless martyrs that it doesn't even serve as a cautionary tale. It's not truly gritty enough. The protagonists are too cushioned by their fame and money to experience anything put selected grit, not necessary grit. They construct a trap for themselves, set it on fire, and stare in fascination as it burns them alive. Ho - Hum.

Sid and Nancy is a very silly film that wants to be taken seriously. I'm a huge punk fan and own some of Alex Cox's films. With the exception of Repo Man his films are patchy. Sid and Nancy is no exception, the script is underwritten and nothing more than a patchwork of various events with no real characterisation.Worst is John Lydon played by Drew Schofield who not only looks nothing like him, he manges to imitate some of Lydon's tone, but can't disguise his scouse accent. Lydon might be larger than life, but to portray him as eating baked bean and drinking champagne and laughing at farting negates the fact behind the red hair and eccentricity is an intelligent man. Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious looks the part and captures his penchant for violence and excess, but misses his naivety. Glossing over the fact Nancy Spungen was said to be Sid's first girlfriend. Chloe Webb is pretty good as Spungen, but a really annoying and dislikeable character. David Hayman as Malcolm Mclaren looks the part, but ignores the Svengali aspects of his life and makes him quite an affectionate character.The best thing about the film was the cinematography by Roger Deakins. Best known for working with the Coen Brothers later on. Which considerably raises the production values on what is a grimy and sleazy film.

(Favourite movie quote) - "Never trust a junkie." If you ask me, I think that director Alex Cox did a bloody fine job of thoroughly mocking the punk-rocker scene as it stood in Britain during the mid-1970s.And, I don't think that Cox could've chosen a better band to ridicule than that of the all-mighty "Sex Pistols", who were headlined by such talentless slime as Johnny Rotten and sleazy Sid Vicious.In this grungy, greasy, gooey "Romeo & Juliet" story (punk-rocker style) it seems that everyone (and, I do mean "everyone") goes out, in one way or another, in a literal "blaze-of-glory".One of this film's biggest and most comical highlights (and there were certainly others) was Sid Vicious (during his "solo" career) performing "I Did It My Way!" for an outrageously over-the-top MTV video.With its depressingly graphic depiction of low-life, drug addiction and its incessant use of the vilest profanity imaginable, Sid & Nancy certainly isn't a film for everyone's enjoyment. But, if nothing else, it definitely does give the viewer quite a revealing (though not totally accurate) look at a particularly peculiar era in the history of pop music.

Never have I seen two great actors consume their roles like Oldman and Webb here. Oldman's punk rock appearance looks so much like the real Sid Vicious, it's uncanny. This biographical tale is told in a creative and humorous handling of story, it makes it all so compelling. There are some bits that shock, violence, per see, like Oldman carving his intials in his chest, for a female fan. The way it's told is offbeat, and truly original, that has me loving the movie just as much as last time I've seen it, which let me tell you, is a few times. If Sid really did kill Nancy, which we are kind left in a hazy judgement, the film does it's best on recounting what went down. The Sex Pistols as illustrated here were the most raucous and unruly I've ever seen, Vicious at one stage, knocking out a member of the audience, and disposing of an empty beer glass on the sidewalk, only for starters. Sid and Nancy lived like pigs, one scene has them sitting up in bed, accepting their fate as they watch their hotel room go up in flames, played to a haunting music score. The movie does have great music too. Through the whole story we see how the relationship, Sid and Nancy had, suffered. Nancy in a phenomenal performance by Webb, had faced a lot of rejection if from family, whatever. The family reunion part, that does provide some humorous moments. Nancy also worked at a S and M bordello, to feed her drug habit. One bordello scene, that doesn't feature Nancy, with a client hanging from a ceiling, is a riot. I just love the way the stories formulated, with some nifty touches, one that dream sequence with Nancy coming back from the dead at the end, rolling up in a limousine, all dolled up. Another one has Sid revealing himself to a band of kids where at the mentioning of the name, they scuttle away, but the last part is done in EXTREME fast forward. Director Cox has had fun making this, and this is an impressive piece of filmmaking, considering Cox had made the much smaller film, cult hit Repo Man, a film that does indeed stand small against this. Oldman and Webb ought to be commended. The acting speaks for itself. I'd recommended this film, just for watching these actors in prized performances that are so authentically real, they'll stay with you forever. The featured end song "Love kills", rocks, and so does this masterpiece.