Review of Shank (2009) by Thomas P — 04 Nov 2010

I love my British urban films about futureless generations plus it has a great grime/dubstep soundtrack.

This review of Shank (2009) was written by Thomas P on 04 Nov 2010.

Shank has generally received mixed reviews.

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