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A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, it's a business, but for Billy and Jo, it's a labour of love. As the competition between Tommy and Billy grows more fierce, the stakes become higher and the "shopping" trips increasingly risky.
Release : | 1996 |
Rating : | 5.4 |
Studio : | Film4 Productions, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Sadie Frost Jude Law Sean Pertwee Fraser James Sean Bean |
Genre : | Drama Action Crime |
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hyped garbage
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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
what a terrible piece of film this is. the look, the acting, the pace and the action is appalling. a 5.3 rating on IMDb is way to high for this. i've never liked Sadie Frost so no change there but what the hell is going on with Jude Law !!! he's usually very good but he seems like a spoilt little rich boy trying to be a bad man ha ha ha how terrible.Paul W.S Anderson has made some really sh*t films and i actually think this has to be his worst. what must he be thinking in Pre-production. i'd love to know. i have no sympathy for you.the film is basically sort of set in a future where every teen near enough are out stealing and joy riding cars, thats it really. plus a rivalry against Jude Law's character and Sean Pertwee's character. please believe me that this film isn't worth the purchase at all.......... 1/10..........j.d Seaton
Shopping is a gritty and gripping film about the youth of Britain going awry. The film combines Paul W. S. Anderson's impeccable taste for audio-visuals with some of the best writing and actor-performances seen throughout his career.In comparison to Anderson's more Americanized works, the thing that sets Shopping apart in a nice way is the Urban-British feel of the film. As well everyone from Jude Law to Sean Pertwee perform brilliantly and authentically in this fun and well paced if pessimistic picture. The film avoids cliché by sticking to what's important to the story. The period references undoubtedly age the film but it seems that the film enjoys almost a kind of vintage quality because of it.Shopping is a film that one ought to see even if one displays no apparent interest in action-films. This is something authentic and refreshing.
hmm, 'Proof that British Cinema needs to grow up'. i don't think so. Maybe as someone from Britain, you find it a dis-honest depiction for Britain.But, The fact is that its just a movies, fiction, like most movies, and thats all it is. With that said, it's very far from the worst movie i have ever seen. Shopping may be a little slow in some parts, but over-all, it's not a bad movie. I did enjoy it, as did all my house mates, and 99 percent of my friends.Whether the British underground exists or not, does not effect me, nor does it effect most movies viewers around the world. There for thats irrelevant. It's annoying when checking IMDb for info on a movie, and finding the main user comment to be only 10 percent description about the movie, and 90 percent complaining about irrelevant things, or talking about the actor's other movies rather than the one at hand. If your comment is more of a gripe/complaint. then please don't review the movie. Leave the review for someone who will remain focused on what they should be doing. Anyways, I have never been interested in watching most British movies, as i don't find them to have the same flair/feeling as U.S movies. BUT, shopping was one that did keep me watching, and fascinated at times, i enjoyed the sound track, and loved the ending. So people, please remember, peoples opinions are just that. Please do not use 1 or 2 peoples comments to judge if a movie is worth watching. l8r epic.
The plot: Jude and Sadie form half of an underworld gang who get their kicks, and their living, from the adrenalin fuelled lifestyle choice that once was ram-raiding. Facing the dual enemies of what seems to be the entire London police force, and a rival gang (cue a cockney Sean Bean) led by Sean Pertwee (with an admirable attempt to rescue the film with a Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Carribbean performance) Jude and Sadie go from ram raid to ram raid with an incredible inability to appeal to the viewer. The film is littered with wannabe-weighty one liners which fail to rouse anything other than a sigh.Post Mortem: An awful attempt to make an edge-of-society, dark moody film. The casting is shocking both Jude and Sadie are far too posh for the criminal underworld characters. Sadie's accent is eventually recognisable as a strain of Irish, sounding slightly like Jerry Adams on helium. This film wants to be an urban Mad Max and ends up looking like what it is a posh cast trying to play scum and looking embarrassingly out of their depth.