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"Jackdaw" is a dark Brittish thriller that looked like it could be cool with its badass hero and plenty of motorbike action. Plus it also stars Jenna Coleman and "This is Englands" Thomas Turgoose which is a bonus. But I wanted to like it more.

There are some decent little chases and shootouts, and a genuinely scary looking villian. But the plot is pretty straightforward and more and more unlikely things happen as it all comes to a finale that just fizzles out.

Its still decent enough though with its promising start, its overall style and cool music. As well as its nice cast. Still making for an above average gritty movie.

Not wishing to start rumours, but if Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman were ever to have child, it would be a thing of beauty! It may not, however, be terribly discerning as this film is nobody's finest hour. OJC is the eponymous character. A former moto-cross champion with a bit of baggage, he is reduced to intercepting packages strapped to wind turbines in the North Sea for his slightly bonkers dealer pal "Silas" (Joe Blakemore). Something's gone wrong with his latest mission though. There's no payday awaiting him at the rendezvous point, then he gets shot at by a man on a horse! Luckily his ageing bike has more HP that the real thing so he escapes only to run out of petrol, then thump a cop who tries to apprehend him, then end up calling in some favours to try and find who has kidnapped his brother "Simon" in apparent retaliation for him not delivering the goods. Still with me? "Jack Dawson" (yep, there are a few "Titanic" jokes) has now to try and fathom who has his sibling and en route we encounter some unsavoury types from England's North East before a frankly rather underwhelming denouement. Coleman features unremarkably once or twice, as does the quite engaging Thomas Turgoose as the outwardly weedy but surprisingly resilient "Craig" but the writing is all a bit bland, the story a bit thin and undercooked and the set-piece scenarios are just too staged - especially the police raid of the rave - to be effective. It's watchable and to be fair it doesn't hang around, but it could just as easily be an episode of "The Professionals" and I doubt I'll recall it for long.

Director can shoot nice looking stuff, the opening ten mins are suspenseful and well shot/edited.

After that opening, the whole thing collapsed into a badly realised student film type script with no credible characters, terrible attempts at comedy and zero credibility.

Which is a shame as it had a promising set up, and was attempting to do a Walter Hill type action film.

Characters are paper thin badly realised cliches and the dialogue is dire. There isn't a realistic interaction between anyone after the opening ten or so minutes.

Telling, the opening was mostly silent.

Hire a proper scriptwriter next time (if there is a next time).

Missed opportunity.

We have just watched JackDaw, loving its getgo, till Jack returns home to find out that his brother, Simon, was not home. From then on the main character interacts with a number of horrible characters who do not make any sense, ripping the film apart, forcing me and Mariefe to walk out of Robinsons cinema 3, that's how bad it transformed itself into.

Actually, the movie Mariefe and me originally wanted to watch was "Argylle." But that was being show at 9 pm, and that is why we ended up here. Really, we tried to like "Jackdw", tried to make it to the end, but we just couldn't. (this is our opinion)

The title is in relation to Jenna Coleman, what on earth was she thinking when she took this role. Jenna is so much better than this, she has proved her acting skills so many times but then takes on this role. It's like a third rate budget movie that ran out of funds when they were only a third of the way in. Absolute garbage. Most of if not all the actors in this film ( hate to credit it with the title of a film ) are low grade performers of an inferior standard.

It started off well enough and could have progressed to being a decent film, unfortunately it went the other way. So again I say Jenna , you are better than this.

Films like this make me annoyed as they should not even be presented for viewing.

The whole thing was like a below amateur production and the filming was nothing more than smartphone quality with the direction skills of a failed media student.

I can say the same about the script.

The location of this, wherever it was, was totally depressing and would ruin any chance of tourism in that area.

It's typical Netflix filling fodder and they want to charge me an extra 4 quid a month to watch two screens simultaneously in my own home for total and utter rubbish like this.

It's number 4 in top UK watched films.

Says it all about this miserable, low standard country.

Simple gritty scenes of bike chases, raves and fights. A decent movie about family revenge. No-ones going to win an oscar for this but it will keep you engaged for 90-minutes and if you like old skool rave then the soundtrack and rave scenes are great fun.

Don't believe all the negative reviews, you'll know if you like it in the first ten minutes. If you like any sort of revenge / chase movies then this is for you. If you also like bikes / rave toons then you'll love it. It's rare I check out the sound track of a movie afterwards but I'll be checking this one out - some classics that had me waving my glowsticks!.

Quite harshly judged by some of the other reviews. If all films below 6* on imdb were like this I'd be happy. Not a world beater for sure, but I really enjoyed the retro feel of it, and the soundtrack that went with it. Ended up uncertain about whether it was a recent film or slightly older.

I think the film reflects the sometimes mundane nature of the drugs trade and people involved in it, but it still kept me entertained and engaged. The atmosphere was sustained through the film for me.

Loved the setting on the film in the North East. Would happily seek out and watch anything else by this director.

JACKDAW is a good example of the kind of dire straits that the modern British film finds itself in. It's a micro-budgeted thriller about a motorbike courier, fallen on hard times, who decides to act as a drug courier and quickly comes to regret that career choice. The film starts out with action, not always a good idea because you have no idea who the hero is or why you should care about them, although to be fair those are feelings that never change as the story progresses. Jackson-Cohen is wood-level boring and a small femme fatale role from Jenna Coleman does nothing for the production. The only fun here are the small roles from Thomas Turgoose, fine as the comic relief, and an all-too-brief villain turn from Rory McCann.

I anticipated the UK release of Jackdaw after hearing about a film being shot in the north east of England, a place I grew up before moving to London.

I saw great reviews coming out of America's Fright Film Festival and I have to disagree with some of the more negative English reviews, namely The Guardians Peter Bradshaw which came across more on an opinion than any depth to a review with slight observations about the film, it wasn't an anti carter of dullness. It had mood/style which earnt the next "action" moment instead of just hitting you in the face with fast cuts and ridiculous action of bigger hollywood movies.

I really enjoyed Jackdaw, it was a throwback to 80's/90's films, I'll be checking more things with Oliver Jackson Cohen in it and was already a big fan of Thomas Turgoose and Jenna Coleman and I'll be interested to see what comes next from the filmmakers.

I've seen comparisons to the film Drive and yeah I get it and agree.

It was refreshing to see an English film not set in London, what an achievement to get this made in the current times of Marvel movies and everything we can access via streaming services.

Myself and my mates had a great time seeing this at the cinema, if you can see it on the big screen, do it and support independent cinema.

In grim seaside England, ex-soldier Jack Dawson (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is struggling to care for his brother Simon. He takes a job from lowlife Silas to pick up a package floating in the North Sea. The money for the job isn't there and he decides to keep the package. Simon gets taken. While Jack is searching for Simon, he encounters his ex Bo (Jenna Coleman). The package actually belongs to mysterious drug lord Armstrong.

This is a lower budget British crime drama. I recognize a lot of these actors. I would like to get rid of some of gimmicky crime aesthetics. It is a little funny that the movie calls out some of it. I still would like Silas to be less disco and more Mean Streets. I'm fine with the motorbikes. The horses add a strange British backwoods touch. I like the father reveal and most of the final confrontation. This is not great, but it is good enough for the budget.

Jackdaw was a surprisingly an alright action crime film. Olvier jackson coen plays jack dawson, a ex army and motobike champion who tries to provide for his brother. He takes a job but it seems very shaddy and you already know that the guy is a double crosser, falsing jack into a fight, after relising it was a distracion to kidnap the brother. We also get jenna colman playing bo, jacks ex who actually has some pretty good fight in her aswell. The actually fighting and action elements worked well in this film, acting was decent enough and believable and I just think overall jackdaw was a good crime film.

I like what the writers were trying to do here. I am a sucker for the run all night kinds of films, just thrown into the action and barely getting an escape from it. But if anything I wanted more depth from the film and characters and it just didn't have enough time.

I loved the overall atmosphere of the film, the foggy and dark night time settings and the music was just on point and great the entire time.

The film is totally worth a watch, I enjoyed it in the end.

Also I have loved Oliver Jackson-Cohen ever since I first saw him in Faster(2010) so I had to watch this one and he really does a great job once again in his acting delivery.

Give it a chance if you are a sucker for these kind movies like me.

Do not listen to the poor reviews. This is classic edgy British low budget but high performing edginess that only they can do. Think Trainspottng and Shallow Grave- it's intensely witty, alternative, edgy, raw. I'm not a gangster movie fan by any means but if I watch in this genre I don't want 99% guns & blood. I appreciate a build up, wit, twists, energy, dialogue - this has it all. Sad so many viewers these days lack the insight, creativity, integrity to appreciate a movie like this that should actually become iconic. Please do give it a spin. If you like Trainspotting/ Shallow Grave and Brit flicks that are more indie & artful in their skill you'll like this.

Found this via the two lead actors. The story is set in northern England, so it's proper gritty locations, no Hollywood versions of the UK. The story is set around Rx soldier Jack, who picks up drugs to earn a few quid. One day he picks up the wrong bag and then his brother gets kidnapped. Jack is out to find his brother and keep one step ahead of the drug gangs. It's nearly non stop action, lots of motorbike chases, fights and some great lines. All with the backdrop of the north east of England. It's fast paced and will keep you engaged. As more of the cast appeared on screen, I recognised an array of quality UK actors show up to bolster the already Stirling performances. Recommended.

Jackdaw is a solid indie action thriller. The first twenty minutes are top notch, the way it is shot and the vidual ideas are better than most big budget films nowadays. Unfortunately it isn't able to sustain that high momentum and becomes a bit more like a mundane gangster story. It it is obviously a low to mid-budget movie, but that never bothered me. You can tell that the crew put a lot of heart into it, the good lighting does make this look better than the standard DTV fare. The weakness lies in the writing, especially he protagonist is not very interesting on paper. The brothers relationship seems only sketched out, the family angle started intriguing but I expected more. In terms of action, the best parts are at the beginning and I wished they would have done more with the motor bike and the uneven terrain. There is too little vehicular action, especially when the poster or the trailer are suggesting otherwise. Most action set pieces fizzle out and it felt like there is always that final piece missing to make it memorable.

Still, there is something about this movie and it's simple premise that kept me entertained and even stayed with me after the viewing. The locations and the vibe gave a nostalgic John Carpenter-esque atmosphere that really stood out, and although it has some problems with bland characters it was a good enough ride to recommend. At the end of the day it's a solid crime thriller with a few action elements, and it has heart.

A package collection from the north sea goes arwy and the lead characters brother is kidnapped. Sets up a chain of events to rescue the brother.

More a collection of moody atmospheric events with some excellent Motorcross action in the North east of England. The production may be low budget but the direction and look of the movie is top notch. With the odd violent skirmish embedding the rave and drug scene.

The script goes more as a fever dream logic so the reality may be lacking for some. But as a dystopian netherworld it works. Was pleasantly surprised as there are plenty of negative reviews on here. Probably Jenna Coleman fans. As she doesn't have too much to do.

The music is also excellent. The score is ace and the music choices fun. Recommended.