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That was an excellent one.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

While the man plot line of Shadow Run is Michael Caine's assignment from James Fox to steal a security van, the side-plot is much more interesting. Matthew Pochin, a young boy in a Catholic school, comes across a dead body in the beginning of the movie. Michael Caine approaches the boy and tells him to keep his mouth shut, but even though he was wearing a ski mask, there's no mistaking his accent. When Matthew sees him in town later, he recognizes him instantly.Even though the second lead in the film is a child, this is far from a family-friendly film. Michael Caine is pretty ruthless and the bodies start piling up pretty quickly. This wasn't my favorite of his performances, though, because he's written out as a pretty one-dimensional, cold killer. There's no underlying emotions that he shows the audience, as he does in Shiner, so if you're looking for a great Michael Caine performance, this isn't the movie to watch. Matthew Pochin is very likable, though, especially because he gets picked on at school so he's all alone except for the audience's support. All in all, it's a very tense movie, with the threat of violence as evident as the violence itself. If you like creepy movies, or crime films set in Catholic schools like Absolution or The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, you might like this better than I did.Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to violence, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.

Like another reviewer i found this film at a charity shop and paid a few pence. Now Michael Caine, for me has always had star quality though i admit his choice of work has been suspect rather to often, but then to the working class hard work is a reward in its self and a virtue.Here Caine plays a hardened criminal who knows all the ropes and will casually commit murder as a simply necessity but is undone by his unwillingness to exterminate a young put a pone public school boy bullied at his highbrow posh Oxford like school.While i admit this film has a very average TV look to its visuals and a cast of TV faces, Caine a part, the basic crime plot has strength though the pace is lethargic and the characters a little card board the plight of the young lad at the posh school who finds a role life model in the frame of Caine's career criminal has its interesting points. In the end, this a TV movie that entertains more than not on the personality of its star Michael Caine, who can do gangster very well.Remember "Get Carter" from 1971, the director of that Brit classic is the only movie industry personality i have every actually met. By the way he was a very nice man indeed, a gentleman in fact.As for "Shadow Run" no classic but far better than most of its revues would have you believe.

Like a previous poster, I availed of this film in Woolworths in Blackpool while on a trip and pretty flush for cash. I still feel aggrieved. Truly, the worst film I have ever witnessed. The plot is ridiculous, in particular the killing of the prostitute. Why? It really is an embarrassment to film making. Unbelievably dire. What was Caine thinking? Indeed what was Leslie Grantham thinking. This was his worst decision prior to the web cam episode. The kid is only likable because he is fat and ugly, and you cant help but feel that he's the type to be bullied. The choir aspect is pointless, and I struggle to recall a worse film ever! Well maybe American Dreamz.

I think the film has great atmosphere, with its contrasting seediness of the gangsters and the magnificence of the cathedral and its music. Joffrey's character, too, is interestingly developed, and gives credibility as to why he should be drawn to character like that of Haskell. I do not see Haskell's failure to kill Joffrey as inconsistent. Rather, it suggests that Haskell has some redeeming qualities and, like the rest of us, is not all bad. One can understand why he would hesitate to kill a child, not least because he senses the boy's admiration for him. Kenneth Colley provides an excellent supporting role . His willingness to die without further treatment in order to help his ex-wife financially suggests a certain nobility of character. I certainly do not agree with the reviewer's dismissal of the film as second rate. It has a style and quality of its own which makes it enjoyable to watch and provokes thought.