The Rebels

This is that filler episode you see where the four leads go off and try to survive on their own for a weekend, and so you get a lot of talking about life and other stuff, but no real action. Throw in that there's no sex, the drug scene is tame, and the four have no idea what they're doing in the woods despite living on the edge of them their entire lives, and it's just boring.

There's a decent battle scene at the end, but there's just too much happening off-screen that should be on-screen.

The one shot opening scene is ruined by the amount of people looking directly into camera. The immersion into Roman Wales is lost as soon as the lead characters start talking like 21st centuary public school rich millenials..surely as actors they could have at least managed a Welsh accent? Simple details even a low budget movie should at least get right get completely lost in this live action roleplay put on film. Worth a watch for laughs though at all the innacuracies and bizzare dialogue and plot. Oh..and the music!! It's so out of place in nearly every scene that it just left me bemused, and amused. From minimalist piano to 80's synth the soundtrack is bloody hilarious too.

The film would have been a lot shorter if it wasn't for the pauses for cinematographic effect. The acting is wooden, the script appalling and the general storyline like a Famous Five plot but without the dog..although to be fair a dog did come and stare at the lead character for a few seconds.

They ran out of food on day 2 then for the next 5 or 6 days they sat around all playing around or moping instead of looking for food. Even when they were at the beach instead of fishing or digging up some shellfish they decide to have another play around. Good battle and fight scenes at the end.

Decent idea, poorly acted, terribly scripted and diabolical direction, what a shame