Starred Up - 28/03/2014
Shawshank this is not!
As a teenager moving from Juvenile prison to Adult prison, Eric (Jack O'Connell) is a violent, abusive and down right nightmare, aims to prove his status quickly and also meet his estranged father who also is in the same prison.
This seems to be a character that Jack O'Connell is perfect to play. I have seen him in a couple of films and he always seems to play the really dis likable but perfectly acted "scally"
Starred up is not one to take your mum or aunty with a a nervous disposition to see. A large percentage of this film is 4-letter expletives or the F variety or "See You Next Tuesday", it is no holds barred on the violence and disturbing nature of prison life.
I found myself sat forward for 90% of Starred Up completely engaged in the story and developments of the character. Eric is someone who should never he released back into society even though he may start to show some improvement with his anger management issue, he is the anti-hero that you should not care about, but start to.
Brilliantly acted by Jack O'Connell, Rupert Friend (as the volunteer group counselor), Ben Medleson as Eric's father and pretty much the whole group of inmates and corrupt guards.
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