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Shank (2010)

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Average Rating: 3.7/10
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Mo Ali's futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of Children of Men and District 13 to London's East 17. Shank delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely wielded by aimless youths.Amidst the chaos is the Paper Chazers gang, a rare morally conscious group who trade scavenged food for money. After Chazers gang member, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), witnesses his brother, murder he must decide whether to

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Art House & International, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Mo Ali

On DVD: Oct 5, 2010

Revolver Entertainment

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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.

April 1, 2010 Full Review Source: News of the World

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Robbie Collin

News of the World

The risible script is incoherent, the dialogue frequently unintelligible and the story is nothing new.

March 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Birmingham Post

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Graham Young

Birmingham Post

Just when you thought grimy gang drama had run out of steam, along comes this dystopian variation, set in a recession-ravaged London 2015.

March 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Cath Clarke

Guardian [UK]

The film becomes a pummelling succession of indulgent flourishes that serve no narrative purpose.

March 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Film4

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Mike Leader

Film4

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.

March 25, 2010 Comment

Dan Stewart

Little White Lies

This is one of the dullest gang flicks ever to see the light of day...

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Radio Times

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Trevor Johnston

Radio Times

The whole of Shank is a misconceived mess with music video director Mo Ali forgetting to find an engrossing story to link a series of MTV-type scenes.

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Sun Online

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Alex Zane

Sun Online

That the entire narrative can be easily compressed into a 90-second dream sequence says much more than the garbled anti-violence messages.

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Matt Glasby

Total Film

If this is the future of film then we're all doomed.

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Philip Wilding

Empire Magazine

Shank boasts some lively direction and has a couple of nice ideas but is ultimately let down by a repetitive script, some poor performances and a dodgy central message.

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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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.

August 11, 2010

Thomas Johnston

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Shank is supposed to be in a future world without email or facebook or mobile phone. Idiots!!!! In a future world there is further technical development. Still fun to watch.

April 5, 2010

ernest egberink

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