Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

amysandman Downloaded a few Brit films to watch for a University Project and this one was easily the best, although Id never heard of it before. Why not????? Its was brilliant. I love it when you discover a gem like this one. Awesome acting by Peter Mullan and the main guy (Bashy) but they were all good. The kid who played Jay was a real talent. hope he's doing other things as he made me cry (wont say how)The boxing was realistic and I really cared about the characters. Great film overall, and I'm surprised I had never heard about it before. Perhaps it never got promoted? I checked the reviews online and they were really good too.I hope other people get to find this film too :)

louisedurdy Caught this on iTunes last night, and wanted to write about it. Was searching for Peter Mullan films I hadn't yet seen (am big fan). Thought this film looked like a "yeah Brov" sort of film, but gave it a go. Glad I did, cos it was a really good film. Not amazing like Peter's own films, but he was great in it (as usual).I did a bit of research after watching the film and I can see how it was biographical. It definitely feels very raw in places. If i had a criticism I'd say it could have done with some quieter moments, as its pretty full-on. But I don't mind that too much. the other actors are good, especially the lead guy, who I hadn't seen before. Overall, I gave it 7/10. its a lot better than most of the Brit films I've seen, and another brilliant performance from my favourite actor.

sap drafat It's not a boxing movie. Because theirs hardly any boxing.It's not a thriller. Because its not thrilling.It is very funny in parts. But its not meant to be a comedy, I think.Performances are laughable. David Harewood is brilliant in Homeland. He is dire in this movie. I think hes trying to play Dr Evil from the Austin Powers movies.Peter Mullan. An amazing actor in everything but this. He just wonders round like hes just been released from some old folks home. Ashley Bashey just looks like hes in pain most of the time and then the tapping starts.The tapping. OMG the tapping. The tapping is so crass and in your face as a motif that you don't know whether to laugh or cry.I did make it all the way through waiting for something to happen ... but it never did. It is mind numbingly dull. Boring, irrelevant, and done a hundred times better by much better film makers.Avoid.

Daniel B Miller Dan Turner's THE MAN INSIDE is the best British film of this year.Echoing the refined film noir style of Abraham Polonsky, Jules Dassin and Edgar G Ulmer, and displaying a visual skill that Carl Theodor Dreyer and John Cassavetes would have been proud of.Intense, dark, deadly and deeply emotive. Once viewed, London 2012 never ever looks the same.Viewed through the eyes of Clayton Murdoch (Ashley Thomas) who is fighting his personal childhood demons, Turner's feature exposes a selection of inner city characters whose lives are devastated by illness, loss, bereavement and street violence.We enter the world where moral dilemmas are present on every corner, and where the deepest emotional conflicts destroy young lives.In Turner's vision of life, the industrial city is inhabited by those whom the hope had forgotten about, who battle for survival through personal traumas, family tragedy and gangland street culture.In THE MAN INSIDE, we are not only a viewer and a witness, but an active participant in their deep personal drama.As active participants we devour their pain, as we view their razor sharp tears in Turner's widescreen close ups.Unlike the classic film noir protagonists, Thomas' Clayton does not succumb to a violent and untimely end.His determination and belief in what he considers to be morally right, irrespective of expectations or demands placed upon him, preserves the life of those he loves the most. Through his love of life and decency, he incites a humiliating defeat to the violent environment around him, dispelling all prejudice attached to his family background.Turner's feature touches on all crucial issues of modern, 21st century Britain - class, race, unemployment, multi cultural inner city environment, quest for opportunity and status, fear of and experience of failure - in a way which is subtle, yet pertinent and truly captivating.By watching the deep personal drama of the main characters, presented in a framework of traditional film noir, we are brought to some of the most fundamental issues that every industrial society and its cities face today.Fierce, truly captivating and unmissable.