Review of Starred Up (2014) by Norberto F — 30 Mar 2015

I had a lot of trouble following the story due mostly to the thick British accents and unfamiliar slang, I guess I could have paid better attention. This film shines in its performances with Jack o'connel and Ben Mendelson being maybe the 2 relative to there fame best actors.

These 2 have some of the most physical without being obvious performances you will ever see. This film had a few scenes that were very reminiscent of another performances based British prison movie "Bronson".

Perhaps my lack of understanding of the story or the fact that "Bronson" had done some of this first this movie didn't do much for me story wise. Its intense and well acted but unsatisfying.