AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

DrChristers A cracking film if you want to strengthen your hatred of upper class, privileged, rich idiots. I was expecting to hate this film but I actually enjoyed it despite walking away feeling unfulfilled. It is uncomfortable, unpleasant viewing, with many caricatures, but never quite realises the unsettling conclusion it obviously wants to convey. It is much like "The Beach" where it makes you feel dirty for watching but still leaves you unsatisfied.I went to Oxford University and not everyone is posh as sin. You do meet privileged, rich people who went to Eton, Harrow and Winchester but normally they're cleverer than this lot. Only the girls are depicted as being down to earth. My Oxford was not this debaucherous, lecherous or alcoholic. However, the tutorial with Sam West was quite representative as debates in tutorials can get heated at times. I felt the posing and posturing (e.g. during the photograph they take outside the pub) was depressingly unrepresentative of most Oxford Students.It doesn't have much plot and obviously wishes to convey the message that you can get away with anything if you're rich and scheme to the maximum but the quick ending to the movie doesn't justify the message. Alistair (Sam Claifin) ends up taking the fall and gets an offer of a nice job without having to finish university. He has obviously engineered the whole thing to his advantage but this is passed over too quickly at the end of the film to make enough impact.There are some excellent young actors here (e.g. Ben Schnetzer was fantastic in "Pride") but they're not really given the dialogue they deserve and they're so visually similar it's difficult to tell them apart at times. Tom Hollander is a fantastic addition as ex-Riot Club member, now 'fix it all' father and it's a shame he doesn't appear more. I was also impressed by Freddie Fox (who acts shallow, all about the fun President of the club very well) and Max Irons (for his distraught, lost it all through betrayal pain). The other young actors play nasty cowards very well.There are some beautiful shots of Oxford, which is a gorgeous city and well worth a visit. It's funny that they mix all the colleges together to make one, for example the dining room is Christ Church (I think) and the 'horrible' rooms shown are St John's - then again you would only know that if you knew the city. The volume changes were ridiculously annoying though, making it difficult to hear the dialogue when there are just two people and being stupidly over loud when there is a party.You're obviously meant to hate all the members of the Riot Club and you do. The emasculation, pay-off and eventual assault on the publican is extremely uncomfortable viewing. The attempted paid rape of Lauren post their "whore" rejecting them is repulsive. I don't know what I would have done with the offer of £27k, it's a lot of money but then again I've never given oral sex to a guy in my life. You really do applaud her for walking away and it just strengthens the expected hatred of upper class in favour of the state school student who gets in without having to pay for it.Overall I enjoyed this film but was unsatisfied with the conclusion. It could have been a lot more thriller than it ended up being.

twhiteson There's an old Simpsons' episode where a group of nefarious villains (Mr. Black, Jimbo Jones and his pals) sit down to a candlelit banquet with cigars and brandy during which they make a toast: "Gentlemen, to evil." I thought of that scene while watching "The Riot Club" a supposed attempt at satire or social commentary on the British class system.The plot: two Oxford University freshman with the proper lineage are invited to join a secret society, The Riot Club- a select group of fellow male students which holds riotous public soirees involving copious amounts of alcohol, drugs, vandalism, and maybe sexual favors from hired pros. The vast majority of the film takes place in the private dining room of a middle-class pub whose landlord is tricked into believing he's hosting a young entrepreneurs' meeting. Instead, the Riot Club drives his other customers away with their boorish behavior and then trash the place. When he objects the Riot Club attempt to pay him off while at the same time berating him about the lowness of his and all working people's standing in their eyes. Anyway things don't go well for the poor landlord in the ensuing confrontation. But will the members of the Riot Club get away with their callous and violent debauchery due to their wealth and status? Do you really have to watch this movie to find out the answer to that question?Overall, this movie fails as both satire and as social/political commentary. It's basically Labour Party/left wing propaganda about the "evilness" of the "other side." You're supposed to hate these cartoonish villains. Its message seems to be that you don't want to be like these guys and certainly don't want to vote for people with their background because you know deep-down that they hate you. It's so transparent that it's insulting.It's also hypocritical. If you want to see disdain directed at the working class then go to any Left-leaning U.S. news/political opinion source and read the comments. (I'm no fan of Don Cheeto, but the American Left's distaste for his largely working-class voters is even more palpable than that of the Snidely Whiplash characters of "The Riot Club.") Or the British Left's apoplexy as to the unwashed "proles" not knowing what's good for them as to the Brexit vote. There is an inability on both sides of the political aisle to see the opposing side as anything other than self-serving monsters. Maybe that's the nature of politics, but it's also dishonest and harmful. And propagandist nonsense like "The Riot Club" just adds to the societal rot where people look upon their fellow citizens as "enemies" based on their coming from a certain background or holding the "wrong" political beliefs.Why four stars? The acting was fairly decent. (Although Max Irons looks absolutely nothing like his father.)

pronetomovies These guys are amazing, they are all so good at portraying their characters. I have been watching some of their interviews regarding to this film and they kept on receiving the question "what's the moral lesson of this film" and they all started pointing at each other to who will answer it. I think the moral lesson is that no matter how successful and not so successful you are in life everyone deserves to be respected, don't look at yourself so highly like you are better than anyone else. I kinda hate the fact that they were messing Mugger's restaurant -the one that he was relying on for a living and I was about to cry when he accepted the money Alistair (Sam Claflin) was offering him just so he won't bother kicking them out of his place. I recommend this film not only because it has a good story plot but because the members of the club are all hot and babes.

leonblackwood Review: Pompous! Pompous! Pompous! This movie just left me feeling extremely angry because these bunch of spoilt brats, got away with such a dreadful act. It really does prove that there isn't any justice in the world and that money really does talk. Anyway, the movie is about a club in Oxford University which is for the privileged students who act like spoilt idiots. After bringing in 2 new students, the Riot Club decide to have a night out in a pub, which gets totally out of hand. Because they are rich and totally above the law, they end up destroying the pub after loads of drinking and some class A drugs. This doesn't go down well with the landlord who has had to turn away customers because of there load and abusive behaviour. When the landlord decides to take matters into his own hands, the bunch of annoying students get violent after some persuasive encouragement from one of the students. Although I found the movie quite entertaining, I really couldn't see the moral behind the story. I was hoping that there was going to be some justice towards the stuck up bunch of assholes but the director made it look like they were really above the law. The one student who had any morals, didn't speak up when he had the chance which made me feel even more angry. I wanted to knock that smug look off of the student who walked free at the end because he ended up as a Riot Club legend, even though he caused the whole ugly problem in the first place. Anyway, there pompous voices and terrible behaviour got on my nerves after a while but from an entertainment point of view, it wasn't bad. Average!Round-Up: Douglas Booth, who starred in Noah, Jupiter Ascending and Romeo & Julie has made some big movies in his short career and at 23, I'm sure that he has more to come. The only problem is that the movies haven't been that great so he has to make some better choices once he can pick and choose which projects to take on. Sam Claines, who played the riot starter, has also starred in some big movies like the Hunger Gamss franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides and Snow White and the Huntsman and he has a role in the new Star Wars movie so he really can't complain about his career so far. The film was made by a Danish director called Lone Sherfig who also made One Day and An Education. Personally, I think that she should have rewritten the ending because they really needed to shut that awful club down.Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $2millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their dramas about an exclusive club in Oxford University (Riot Club) who take there celebrations of initiating 2 new students, a bit too far. 3/10