London Town (2016)
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Cast
as Joe Strummer
as Shay Baker
as Nick Baker
as Sandrine
as Vivian Daniels
as Johnny
as Penelope
as Rebecca
as Alice Baker
as Nurse
as Tommy Gun
as Ronnie
as Al Ifan
as Jack
as Doctor
as Mr. Daniels
as Butler
as Mama Letty
as Mrs. Butterfield
as Boy with Mrs Butterfield
as Chaz
as National Front Leader
as Rik
as Rudy
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The story of the Clash is a fascinating one, and spotlighting a kid inspired by, but not a part of, the punk milieu has plenty of potential. But "London Town" just never burns brightly enough.
As contrived as "London Town" is - with a derivative coming-of-age story and improbable, fateful encounters between a struggling teen and Clash frontman Joe Strummer - there is something here of the group's early, principled spirit.
The movie's impersonal, conventional telling of a reasonably standard male coming-of-age story almost tends to make the punk milieu it depicts beside the point.
The raw vigor and protest of punk get co-opted by the movie's coming-of-age story; it's not the heartfelt sweetness that's the chief problem, but how run-of-the-mill and derivative the plot is.
The era's skinhead riots and striking workers - and Strummer's biting, pro-immigrant lyrics - are never more than window dressing in a movie that would rather scatter fairy dust than grit.
"London Town," to borrow from a certain foursome, isn't "burning with boredom," but neither is it exactly "calling."
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