This is a very good and dark film. First off the setting is stupendous and really intimidated me. A very dark and bleak look at an English neighborhood which leaves you with the feeling that you never quit know what around the corner. The violence in this film is also pitch perfect. Its very quick and very brutal and actually believable. The script, which seemed quite slow in the beginning, is actually paced very well as the movie went on and gave me a greater appreciation for the beginning of it. The whole movie is very slow and methodical which makes everything that much more brutal. And Michael Cain is probably one of the greatest actors ever. This performance, which reminded me of Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, is one of the most believable and devasting things I’ve ever seen him do. The movie only falters in a few key scenes that felt like they dragged on too long and a final action sequence that feels like it came out of left field. But otherwise a very enjoyable movie.
