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Murder And Other Family Matters

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (4)

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Here’s the newest trailer for Down Terrace, a British crime flick about a family of small-time crooks who have a traitor in their midst. It’s billed as a sort of “Sopranos” meets madcap British film, but the new trailer gives a pretty decent insight into the film’s true nature (full disclosure: I saw this at the Boston Independent Film Festival and came away with mixed feelings — some great performances though).

Regardless, it’s a pretty good trailer, showing just enough to get you interested (and I love the music). It’s also not the laugh fest the early trailers made it out to be, and this one is much better. The film is directed by Ben Wheatley, who co-wrote it with Robin Hill (who also plays the main character).

Unfortunately, at the moment it’s only available on Apple, so click here to watch it, and then head back over here.

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Comments

That last clip is a great way to end a trailer. I'm in. I actually hope it isn't as funny as some of these reviewers are suggesting. I think the whole "oh British films: they're so quirky" thing has become really old.

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 15, 2010 10:01 AM

Ha! Nice ending.

Posted by: Cindy at September 15, 2010 11:19 AM

Both Marsha and Tyres from "Spaced".
Good to see them again...

Posted by: Simon at September 15, 2010 4:00 PM

I saw this at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Don't get too excited, folks. It's pretty average. As TK said, some decent performances, but it's just not that engaging. I'm still not sure if I was meant to give a fuck about any of the characters.

There are a couple of darkly humourous moments, one including a car that particularly got me. But really, it's slow, it's boring and I ended up just waiting and hoping for characters to die, both because it seemed inevitable and because the less time I had to spend watching them, the better.

I would certainly recommend skipping this, at least until a DVD or download gives you the option of turning it off or fast forwarding after a few minutes (without the "fuck, this cost me a few bucks, I should see it through" thoughts which kept me in the theatre).

Posted by: Steve at September 15, 2010 11:33 PM