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The Telegraph by Tim Robey
Every turn Karl Golden’s cheeky-chappie comedy-drama about the early-Nineties rave scene takes is a little less original or convincing.
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- United Kingdom
- 2011
- · 90m
Director
Karl Golden
Cast
Jack O'Connell,
Henry Lloyd-Hughes,
Emily Barclay,
Ben Batt,
Stephen Wight,
Zawe Ashton
Genre
Drama,
Music
1990. The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organisers. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20's and long to be more than just punters. As the government moves to outlaw the scene, it's now or never and they quickly rise through the ranks to join the promoting elite. They are taken on a wild journey from the exclusive VIP rooms of London clubs to the outrageous parties in Ibiza super-villas and the hedonism of Amsterdam. It's everything they dreamed of and more. But as their success continues to grow, they attract a more dark and sinister world. Matt and Dylan start to drift apart as they are forced to question the dreams they set out to achieve and their once solid friendship.
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Total Film
The leads gurn gamely, Ben Batt’s villain oozes menace and Golden directs energetically, but the climactic twists are as convincing as pills made of washing powder.
40
Empire by Damon Wise
A bang-on soundtrack will make the hairs on ex-ravers' necks stand up. The plot will have the opposite effect.
40
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It's rammed with cliches and silliness and conforms to a lot of stereotypes, the most suspect being the obligatory scene in Ibiza whose only purpose is to show loads of young women with no tops on.
40
Time Out London by Cath Clarke
From the opening voiceover to the out-of-their-heads party scenes, it’s utterly generic.
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