A soldier returns from serving in Afghanistan to a $hithole tower block estate, looking for a job, doesn't find one, but gets recruited by the 'intelligence service'....why? Because hes an ex para?Really stupid plot. Very unrealistic. The main actor has one expression throughout the entire film, no charisma what so ever. This is the guy that played the retard brother in Dead Mans Shoes.The gang is pathetic. There's a shoot-out at the end with no sign of police ever showing up.The whole film has the same mundane, going nowhere pace to it.The main character likes to punch his wall and spit at the mirror....I was really bored throughout. I didn't care about any of the characters or what was happening because the director doesn't make us feel anything.The ending was pitiful.Give this one a wide birth.

I already knew, when I bought it, that this film would be for me. The UK noir crime film at his best. With an unavoidable social background, British oblige, we watch here the story of an ex soldier in Afghanistan who gets back in his neighbourhood and has to deal with everything and every one: dealers, terrorists seed, misery...I rapidly thought of one of the early Denzel Washington's film: FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, where he played here exactly the same kind of character. A man in struggle with a hopeless fate, a former SAS soldier Falklands war vet. Dark, violent, superbly shot and characterized, a very good feature.

Toby Kebbell that is. A powerhouse performance by a guy you might not have taken notice up until now. But if you watch this, you will at least remember his face (with time and maybe some luck on his part, concerning movie roles, maybe even his name). While the movie has its flaws his performance doesn't have any.As you can tell by the rating (R), it does not pull any punches or anything else. You don't have to be too careful to follow the story, but it does take a certain level of commitment to stay with it until the end. Our main protagonist is an anti hero. And yet, while he doesn't want to be in the top spot, he never shies away from responsibility. Or "doing the right thing."

OK so here's the second movie in the last few weeks that has awoken my ire. I really liked the acting, photography, transitions, and our hero. However I hated that fact that...(START SPOILER) First off our hero is too easy to sneak up on. It doesn't match the professional character portrayed elsewhere in the film, nor does it match the reality of an experienced soldier's training and reflexes. Our hero is supposed to be a veteran, but people, one of them a little kid, sneak up on him 3 times. He's also caught off guard once, leading to his capture. Oh and our so-called vet is a complete idiot. He listens to Cox's character at the end and goes off on a one man war against the gang, but they don't have the girl like he was told. Cox told him that to ensure he could not rescue the girl. He wanted to send our hero off to his death. But the director/producer/writer aren't done enraging us, nooo. Next the vet wades through the gang, only to get shot from behind in the side of the neck by an twelve year old punk and conveniently he's out of ammo, so the kid is able to come up and shoot him in the head. He never rescues the girl, never gets proper revenge, its another, "bad guys win, lets make a great movie with a great story and great characters but give it a tragic, artsy ending" (END SPOILER).I really wish people would stop making this garbage because there is nobody on earth who can honestly say they like it. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this, unless you enjoy being really, really annoyed!