Shank (2010)
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Critic Reviews for Shank
All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (10)
There are a fair few good ideas in Shank -- a nicely-staged market scene featuring Colin Salmon and an animated fight scene being two -- but they don't come together into anything that even looks halfway like a movie.
Just when you thought grimy gang drama had run out of steam, along comes this dystopian variation, set in a recession-ravaged London 2015.
With its jarring slang, reckless narrative and offbeat imagery, it's as close to being A Clockwork Orange for the Broken Britain generation as we have. It's up to you to decide whether that's a good thing or not.
If this is the future of film then we're all doomed.
Diverting enough, but the makers clearly think they're making a statement about knife crime in London and the possibility of it spiralling out of control.
The risible script is incoherent, the dialogue frequently unintelligible and the story is nothing new.
Audience Reviews for Shank
There's not a lot of love out there for Shank, but I for one quite enjoyed it. I understand it won't be for everyone, and I do come into it with a bit of a bias, but the only way you'll know for sure if you can appreciate Shank (and decipher its various UK accents) is to watch it for yourself.
Super Reviewer
"Everything about this film is mediocre. The acting, script, and directing. I could barely understand what some of the dialogue was. I even had the captions on and it said inaudible. So it wasn't just me. That's about all I gotta say about this flick."
Super Reviewer
Excellent movie. A story that has a gay topic without being a typical "gay" movie. The writing, acting directing make this an quality movie. There is gratuitous nudity and sex scenes that my make some uncomfortable but still tastefully done.
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