| RATING: | 60% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
An attack by Whites on their own lower-class that seeks to be another Deliverance but only ends-up being the cinematic equivalent of a Daily Mail article about chavs - with all the superficial political insight entailed. A pity since the acting is as excellent as the plotting is contrived (& implausible) and the themes poorly-explored. Rather than presents causes, we only see the effects typical of horror movies that evade explanations to increase suspense; while avoiding telling a tale in depth.
Unable to decide whether it is a generic shocker or a serious treatment of a serious subject it fails to take itself seriously; making it hard for us to. A balance between being one or the other is never struck so that the whole becomes neither fish nor foul - a film with more of an identity crisis than any of the characters or culture presented. A movie as confused as its characters.
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