Teenage gang member Cal hides his sexuality from his fellow happy slapping gang members' often futile and violent dislike of anyone who isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. Hooking up with a random stranger (Scott), Cal is unaware that this chance meeting will eventually provide him with choices and routes of escape from the tedium of his unambitious and depraved life. When his world collides with Olivier, a French student he res... (Full plot summary below)
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Teenage gang member Cal hides his sexuality from his fellow happy slapping gang members' often futile and violent dislike of anyone who isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. Hooking up with a random stranger (Scott), Cal is unaware that this chance meeting will eventually provide him with choices and routes of escape from the tedium of his unambitious and depraved life. When his world collides with Olivier, a French student he rescues from a pointless beating, he encounters a lifestyle that presents as many new experiences as it does obstacles.
Leave your thoughts about Shank.
| News of the WorldRobbie CollinThere are a fair few good ideas in Shank -- a nicely-staged market scene featuring Colin Salmon and an animated fight scene being two -- but they don't come together into anything that even looks halfway like a movie. |
| Total FilmMatt GlasbyThat the entire narrative can be easily compressed into a 90-second dream sequence says much more than the garbled anti-violence messages. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerShank boasts some lively direction and has a couple of nice ideas but is ultimately let down by a repetitive script, some poor performances and a dodgy central message. |
| Empire MagazinePhilip WildingIf this is the future of film then we're all doomed. |
| GuardianCath ClarkeJust when you thought grimy gang drama had run out of steam, along comes this dystopian variation, set in a recession-ravaged London 2015. |
| Film4Michael LeaderThe film becomes a pummelling succession of indulgent flourishes that serve no narrative purpose. |
| Birmingham PostGraham YoungThe risible script is incoherent, the dialogue frequently unintelligible and the story is nothing new. |
| Little White LiesDan StewartWith its jarring slang, reckless narrative and offbeat imagery, it's as close to being A Clockwork Orange for the Broken Britain generation as we have. It's up to you to decide whether that's a good thing or not. |
| The Sun (UK)Alex ZaneThe whole of Shank is a misconceived mess with music video director Mo Ali forgetting to find an engrossing story to link a series of MTV-type scenes. |
| User ReviewThomas PI love my British urban films about futureless generations plus it has a great grime/dubstep soundtrack. |
