The Corrupted

Its a damn good entertaining film. Way better than a lot of brain dead US rubbish. I enjoyed it from start to finish

It's not awful awful but there's not a lot of good in this low budget british cliche.

Having said that i do want to give credit to the main bad guy (Cliff Cullen) played by Timothy Spall. He's not quite up to the level of a Guy Ritchie bad guy character but he's definitely provided a solid performance.

This isnt a bad movie, it just doesnt manage to hit the mark.

The good, the plot for the story is pretty good, the three main actors, the cop, the ex con and the main villain are all pretty good and towards the end the story picks up.

The cons, very slow start, some of the other actors arent all that great, even though it has a good premise it doesnt really do that much with it.

Its a watchable movie but it is definately something I would recommend waiting until its on hulu or netflix. Its not worth the price of a cinema ticket in my opinion.

...if it wasn't for the convoluted plot-hole ridden screenplay, especially in the beginning. Even the score was overbearing and annoying in the beginning, but I guess 1 of the 21 executive producers stepped up with changes and the story became clearer and the score less annoying. Had the screenplay been edited better, and the slow-paced 103 min run-time cut down to about 85-90 mins, it would've been more enjoyable. The directing and cinematography was decent, but the cast is what held this film together. If this is based on a true story, then I'm guessing such corruption is still present in London. Maybe that'll be a sequel. It's a generous 6/10 from me, mainly for the acting and last 3rd of the film that picked up the pace and intensity.

Based on true events, it is London 2012 after the Olympics. Liam McDonagh (Sam Claflin) is a boxer ex-con getting involved with powerful crime lord Clifford Cullen (Timothy Spall) who is connected to highly placed people like Anthony Hammond (Hugh Bonneville). DS Neil Beckett (Noel Clarke) and DS Gemma Connelly (Charlie Murphy) investigate a case which leads to the corrupt police force.

I don't know about the true events especially when everybody in the movie is corrupt. Liam really shouldn't be the lead character. It should be Beckett and Connelly. This has one good twist and limited action. The thrills are few. It is a lesser British crime thriller.