The Last Yellow

10 to make the score higher. Real score 7. It's very subtle movie on every level and involves some recognition of the world portrayed, or else the characters may be too bland. They do after all inhabit a boring world. I thought the dialogue was OK, despite people saying otherwise. It was natural and did the job. It provided a dead pan humour as lines were played straight. It did have space for more interesting plot and some twists and turns but the padding was OK. It was a little predictable and nothing new or interesting is to be found. The ending could have been better. Seems to split people down the middle. I've seen a lot worse. Mark Addy did a good job. I don't know why it wasn't more successful. Maybe after lock stock people seen this as an inferior version of that style.

I got this out of my local video shop, having read an article by the director defending the film and saying the press had killed it. I felt sorry for him. All I can say is, if the press destroyed this film they must have done it by changing all the words of the script before it was shot, forcing all the actors to be as unlikeable and stupid as possible, and getting behind the camera to make sure it was never quite in the right place. There's a montage of "Swinging London" in this that would not be out of place in Summer Holiday. If it's supposed to be ironic, it doesn't work. It just makes you yearn for Cliff.

This is a very dark and entertaining story about two no-hopers from the North of England who travel South to attempt a murder. Very dark, and very, very funny.

A very pleasant surprise. I caught the trailer awhile ago and thought that this film looked good. Poor reviews put me off and I only recently saw it on video. It was very entertaining and far better than most of the dross that the revived UK film industry is churning out. It is very dark in its humour and all the performances are good, especially Addy who is excellent as the lying nobody who takes on the job as hitman. Well worth ninety minutes of your time if you appreciate harsh,dramatic comedy. Fans of "Maybe baby" steer clear!

This film is a kind of ensemble piece but not in that talking loud verbal battles in one room kind of way. It's rather that here are distinctive personalities instead of everyone being cool (or being the ones the cool ones pick on) as is the way in so many films. These characters are very fallable. There's who Frank still lives with his Mum on the dole and when she finally throws him out, the sons at his boarding house, one who'se life was wrecked in a violent attack and the other who, with little conception of reality, was too scared to anything when it happened. It's not heavy though, but very warm and funny, just stripped of the glamour and glitz of most films out there. It turns into a sort of thriller and doesn't fall flat as these films can that start by observing with humour then try to hold onto the humour while adding suspense. Alongside Gregory's Two Girls and Stiff Upper Lips, another very enjoyable, well-made British comedy.