Starring Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson and Paul Addy this smash hit UK comedy from 1997 sees 6 out of work men from Sheffield, they see the chance to make some money by forming a male stripper act and performing at the local working man's club. It follows them through their lives as Gaz played by Robert Carlyle fights to keep seeing his son, Dave played by Mark Addy wrestles with his weight and the fact that he does not think his wife finds him attractive. Gerald played by Tom Wilkinson tries to hide the fact that he is not working from his wife and Lomper and Guy played by Steve Huison and Hugo Speer find love trying to make some money.
This film was massive in the 90's probably being the biggest UK film of the decade as it hit all the right notes, the cast are fantastic and hit the right tone with the comedy none of it is malicious and some of it is played perfectly and you believe everything they say and do. The setting is bleak and their desperation is so great that they understand and know they need to fulfil what they set out just to get the money to survive. I love this film, the comedy is hilarious from the well known scene in the Job centre to the finale where they go the Full Monty.
This film is a classic of it's time and is well worth seeing and I think that everybody should give it a go, you have a few swear words but considering it is a film about stripping there is nothing untoward about this film. I give this a solid 4 stars and think that if you have not seen it and you understand the northern sense of humour then it is well worth a watch.
Starring a very British cast this is a First World War horror films that follows a platoon of British Soldiers who get cut off and end up in a German trench and they first discover some issues when they notice how the German Soldiers had died. Starring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Hugo Speer, Rhuaidri Conroy, Mike Downey, Kris Marshall and Laurence Fox it follows them as they try to get back in touch with their commanders and try to stay safe in hellish conditions.
This is quite an atmospheric piece and there are some creepy things going on but very quickly in the trench as the viewer you know something supernatural is about. They are not teases in anyway and very quickly it becomes about seeing how everybody will die, as you know they will and seeing how they are each going to snap. There is an attempt at the end of the film to give a moral and there is a point that the evil is non-discriminatory as it has taken down Brits and Germans a like.
The acting in this is excellent and really has an effects on you. You feel wet cold and muddy after watching the film. It falls into the typical horror film realms of you have no where to go for whatever reason, therefore you are stuck. There is some okay tension but I watched this for a second time and was half way through before I remembered what had happened and that I had even seen it before. I would say that there is very little appeal in this film and it is a 2 star avoid from me. I will say if you want to see British Horror then it is worth checking out, presuming you have lots of time to see different movies as there are better offerings out there.
