films seen
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average score
2.00*
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Alive and kicking
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A pretty basic crime flick, with a dash of British flair to make it a tad more interesting. It's clearly part of that grim 70s crime niche though, which I don't find overly appealing. Mackenzie does a decent job with the material at his disposal, but in the end it's too much of a run-of-the-mill genre flick in a genre that isn't really mine. The cinematography is pretty bland and the plot is rather predictable. But the performances are decent, and the score does its best to make an impact. It doesn't quite get there and Hoskins isn't enough of a charming bastard to carry a film like this, but at least it was a little better than many of its US peers. Read all