Review of Scum (2014) by Neil C — 12 Nov 2007

This film gets really violent in parts and quite racist too. not for the easily offended.

Where's ya tool?

What tool?

THIS FACKIN TOOL!

This review of Scum (2014) was written by Neil C on 12 Nov 2007.

Scum has generally received very positive reviews.

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