
On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, a young Asian man due to be released in 6 weeks who had only been convicted of petty theft. Over this six week period, Stewart, with his unbalanced mind and deep seated racist tendencies is allowed, through indifference bordering on institutional culpability, to become the 'monster' he always wanted to be. Hours before Mubarek's release, S... (Full plot summary below)
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On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, a young Asian man due to be released in 6 weeks who had only been convicted of petty theft. Over this six week period, Stewart, with his unbalanced mind and deep seated racist tendencies is allowed, through indifference bordering on institutional culpability, to become the 'monster' he always wanted to be. Hours before Mubarek's release, Stewart murdered him in an unprovoked attack.
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| HeyUGuysJon LyusA top notch British prison drama, that avoids the usual pitfalls of the genre. |
| Empire MagazineNev PierceContains a stark beauty and a poignant, nagging sense of sorrow. |
| The SkinnyJamie DunnIt may lack nuance, but presenting the film from Stewart's point of view makes the title explicit. Monsters aren't born, they're conditioned. |
| The ListHannah McGillWe Are Monster deserves note for its spirited rejection of the obvious, naturalistic narrative path, and Simon Richards' cinematography has considerable style and elegance. |
| Screen InternationalMark AdamsWhile there are times when it almost sinks under the weight of its sense of dark anger and depression, it is Leeshon Alexander fine performance that keeps it from sinking under. |
| GuardianAndrew PulverSocked over with heartfelt dedication by its young cast and director, it's an unsettling description of a brutal episode that, despite some awkwardness in approach, does its job with admirable sincerity. |
| Observer (UK)Mark KermodeAn unsettling description of a brutal episode that, despite some awkwardness in approach, does its job with admirable sincerity. |
| GuardianMike McCahillIt plays like clumsily opened-out fringe theatre. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonThe film certainly succeeds in generating a mood of claustrophobic menace, but the dramatic elements are too often clumsily realised. |
| Little White LiesSophie Monks KaufmanNoble ambitions, narratively discordant delivery. |