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That was an excellent one.

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

I've always admired and liked Tim Roth, believing him to be one of the U.K's finest acting exports. I found this DVD at a local CashConverters for 99p and it sat on my shelf for a year.Finally seeing it, it did not surprise me that within ten minutes, not only had skinhead Trevor (Roth) stolen a car but was also sniffing glue, with his room-mate from the open assessment detention centre that the Court had only just sent him to.I so wanted not for this to be a catalogue of 'let's be as nasty racist criminals as we possibly can' but couldn't see how it would not be. As a pertinent statement on Thatcher's Capitalist Britain it certainly hits hard, with Roth being very believable and natural, his facial configurations often being a whole act in themselves.The film does try and breakdown how the bright Trevor got to this stage in life, which to do in a credible way, is commendable. The 4:3 TV ratio, the natural lighting and '80s slightly dingy images suit the subject perfectly, having a near documentary feel. There's also a solid supporting cast of social workers, case workers etc that are familiar to British TV drama audiences.The strong dialogue with 'f' words aplenty seem natural and often used with anger and menace. Made In Britain will be many people's worst kind of nightmare viewing, but let them keep their cosy Sunday night gentle 'drama'. This is true drama, not cotton-wool wrapped in caramel gooey stuff that is far too prevalent. For those who want - and appreciate - a roller-coasting journey down Reality Street, then this is the real deal.

'In particular, the finger on the bell scene at the end of the movie had me in hysterics because of Trevor's sheer lack of respect for anyone else.' You obviously have never been in the nick mate! now take your pretentious, self absorbed vapid remarks about a great film, and stick them up your arse (to quote Trevor) ;-) oops the Nazis at IMDb wont post this unless i get 10 lines, so i'll carry on with my tirade with 'play333r' (oh the irony) This film, (if you grew up in the 80's) has resounding effects on people just like me (i.e i'm NOT middle class) Luke i wish you all the luck in the world (i'm sure you'll inherit a good amount) but to dismiss a great bit of British/social filmaking is just ignorant... /rant@toy_soldiers This is why British filmaking is supperior to American, you sir/madam are a div... (with very bad tatse)

Most commonly reviewed on the basis that it represents '80's Britain' and is 'Britain how I remembered it' this is a story of Trevor the 16 year old skinhead who has no respect for authority, anarchistic tendencies as a result of a misspent youth with no father figure, and a mean racist streak. This is supposed to be Britain in the 80's? well if that's the case I think it's a very tunnelled view.I don't see all this as the main drive behind the film. I see it as more a story of what can happen to kids who stray from the path and get thrown into the system and struggle to get out. The impressive (what seemed like 15 minute)scene in the assessment centre where the officer chalks out Trevors options on the blackboard was really sad and made you realise how difficult he had made things for himself and how he was close to the point of no return. In this sense the film isn't stuck in the 80's and that's why I feel it is still relevant today.Tim Roth was excellent and you can see why such a performance got him noticed.It's not a long film, but doesn't need to be. They could've quite easily added an extra 20 minutes onto the end of the film to make it feature length, but the way it ended was a great example of letting the viewers make up their own mind about what was eventually going to happen to Trevor.As much of a despicable character Trevor is you do feel sorry for him. Actually it's more like pity and you really are left thinking that, like many other nut cases on the street, he's going to end up a victim of the system because of his behaviour at such a young and vulnerable age

Hey Franz. You obviously don't understand that this is a benchmark film in the career of Tim Roth. It is a classic tale of an urban struggle of a young white man in Thatchers Britain. Coming from experience the film deals with all aspects of "A life gone off the rails" due to "repression" and missunderstanding". Not to say that the lead character Trevor wasn't entirley correct on his views but there are still people in society who have come from broken homes and this film is still relative. By the way if you don't rate this film why the hell are you even on the net writing about it. For all the genuine fans out there i wanna say this is my favorite Roth film and always will be. I am in no way racist and hold no views such as the ones expressed in the film. Thanks. KMP3000