horizon2008

A few good laughs for sure and it humorously shows how superficial and ridiculously up its own back end that the dance music (and fashion) scene is. Most of the music wasnt my thing but it did work well with the film so I give it credit for that. There are shades of It's All Gone Pete Tong here where a washed up DJ, played by Vincent Cassell, is living off past glories but he won't accept that his time has now gone, then he gets recruited by the police to go undercover to bust a criminal drugs ring which puts him back in the limelight. Probably wouldn't watch it again but it is worth a look, particularly if you were once part of the scene but those greying hairs allow you now to see it all for what it was/is.

I saw this film years ago when it came out and remembered enjoying it, so I've just given it another spin and I gotta say, I just don't get so many of the low ratings here. It's a barrel of fun and rockets along at a great pace, never getting boring and often blackly funny. Maybe it was some sort of Danny Dyer hate bandwagon you all wanted to be on, but credit where credit is due, this is a good movie and for it being the directors only feature film I found it a bloody decent achievement. Maybe if it contained flying men and women in capes firing lasers out of their eyes (or whatever) the rating might have been higher, but I don't watch movies for nine year olds myself.