Starred Up (2013)
Film4 / Creative Scotland / Northern Ireland Screen / Sigma Films : 20th Century Fox / Tribeca Film
2.5 / 10
This is a hard-hitting film based on the story of Eric Love, portrayed brilliantly by the talented Jack O'Connell, who is "Starred Up" - transferred from a young offenders institute to an adult prison, due to his violent behaviour. Eric finds he has been moved to the same prison in which his father is incarcerated. Their relationship is a troubled and loveless one, based on hate, mistrust and misunderstanding. You think this would make for some interesting situations, though the writer, Jonathan Asser, missed the opportunity to add some depth into the characters and story.
So what you have is a bleak and violent movie without any reason or story - it starts and ambles on through to the end - this had the possibility to be as good as Scum. After watching it I had to ask myself what I had taken from this film? The answer was, unfortunately, nothing.
The acting, other than Jack O'Connell was average or below. The direction was mediocre at best and brought nothing to the telling of the story.
Only if you're a fan of Jack O'Connell then maybe watching this film once would be of interest to you, though I cannot see who this film would interest.
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