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Leaburn O 08/14/2024 What on earth did the critics watch? This is undoubtedly a very decent film. Ah, maybe they were annoyed about an early James Corden making an appearance. Understandable. But in spite of that it’s a great watch. Saw it on DVD. See more 03/21/2013 Not up there with Meadows absolute best but worth watching for Hoskins great lead performance, a story once again resonating with our current times and a decent soundtrack. See more 09/25/2012 Often eclipsed by the later successes of Romeo Brass and This Is England, 24:7 still stands in its own right as an original artwork of what Meadows is all about. See more 04/25/2012 The feature length debut of Shane Meadows, following well made short films like Where's the Money, Ronnie? (1995) and Small Time (1996), both got a double bill cinema release. This is a small-scale but well made comedy-drama showing a side to 90's Britain that is still the same now. Meadows has shown the underbelly of Britain in his films, but they all have a sense of hope and optimism, this kicked it all off. In a working class Midlands town, (maybe Nottingham), it has Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins), a middle-aged man who is appalled at what is happening to the youth around the town, and because he had experience with youth groups in the past. He ends up pitching an idea to one group, consisting of Tim (Danny Nussbaum), Daz (Darren Campbell), Stuart (Karl Collins), Gadget (Justin Brady), Youngy (Anthony Clarke), Benny (Johann Myers) and Meggy (Jimmy Hynd). Alan plans to start a boxing club, something to do with their lives and build up pride and purpose. It gets coverage and more join, but Alan faces confrontation and abuse from Tim's abusive father (Bruce Jones), but Alan isn't going to go down easily. It's well made and shot in a grainy but effective black and white, it helps to bring out the local colour of the characters. It also showcases a brilliant performance from Bob Hoskins, who brings out a down-to-earth performance as the down-trodden but plucky Alan. Once Meadows started with his brand of filmmaking, he hasn't stopped, and it's been exciting so far. See more 11/03/2011 A great british film from Meadows and a great performance one of the most overlooked actors of his generation. Hoskins dominates the film and tries to help kids off the street but in the ironic twist ends up being their downfall. A gritty and moving film regarding youth culture and violence Meadows portrays a more realistic version of life than most, had seen This Is England before this but this is a more stripped version and just down to earth - a great film See more 03/12/2011 Superb debut, brilliantly shot See more Read all reviews

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