Review of Made in Britain (1983) by Jim S — 27 Oct 2009
Tim Roth plays Trevor, a likeable, but unruly 16 year-old skinhead, who rebels against the system. He finally gets his come uppance at the end of the film, when he is truncheoned by a police officer, PC Anson, played by Christopher Fulford, whilst locked up in the police cells for driving a stolen van from the rehabilitation centre into a parked police car outside the police station.
Memorable parts to the film include: Trevor, hurling a chunk of concrete through the job centre window, a brick through a "Pakistanis" window; kicking the chef at the centre in the "bollocks" for not being allowed his dinner, and "Trevor's Options," - where the superintendant of the rehabilitation centre, where Trevor is staying, goes through with him, the spiral of no job-no money-thieving-prison.
A very powerful and well acted film which leaves you frustratingly wanting more.
The film ends with Trevor grinning after being heavily truncheoned on the leg by PC Anson.
This review of Made in Britain (1983) was written by Jim S on 27 Oct 2009.
Made in Britain has generally received very positive reviews.
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