Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
HottWwjdIam
There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Gary
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
leethomas-11621
Gripping in the repulsiveness of its main characters. Not inconceivable that this sort of thing really happens in Britain. Horrific if so. A sort of upper-set Lord Of The Flies.
Lola A
This movie gives you a lot to think about. Lessons: A good lesson about how we shouldn't paint everyone with the same brush. All those 10 members if looked superficially are all the same: good education, got into oxford, rich, coming from prestigious families. Alistair Ryle however was very different from Miles. Completely different. While Alistair and the some of the others did all hold this anger towards the poor and how not all the world is not like them, Miles never shared these views. He even had a girlfriend who came from the middle class. While 'posh' is not always bad, this movie shows that 9 times out of 10 it is. A good lesson also about how prestige should not be the only criteria when evaluating if to join something or not. You should not join something without knowing if you'll like it just because it is prestigious. But then again I guess how can you find out how something is without being in it. One should surround him or her self with people that you can count on, friends, nice people, people that have considerations for others, for their feeling. Not with people like those unscrupulous members of the club, no matter how prestigious that club might be. Not with people who would scapegoat you without a second thought to save themselves. It shows how disgusting people that think that money can buy everything can be. And the saddest part is that people like Alistair just like in this movie sometimes do end behind important desks no matter what. Do they care about other people's feelings? This all you need to know about one person to get a hint with what you are dealing. Another important thing-was Lauren rushing and judging Miles too quickly about what happened? Was she right to not even give him the chance to explain? Miles now was a reminder of what happened. Guilty or not guilty, how much of a role does it play when you can only forget what happened when you distance yourself away from everything reminding you about it. Sometimes in life you pay even when your not guilty. Plausibility: I really loved the fact that at the end the actual guilty one was taken by the police even he probably won't get the punishment he deserved. How I did not find plausible however, is that in order to be part of this club you have to be one of the brightest. I just think that if you are one of the brightest you would not behave like those in the club.
pronetomovies
These guys are amazing, they are all so good at portraying their characters. I have been watching some of their interviews regarding to this film and they kept on receiving the question "what's the moral lesson of this film" and they all started pointing at each other to who will answer it. I think the moral lesson is that no matter how successful and not so successful you are in life everyone deserves to be respected, don't look at yourself so highly like you are better than anyone else. I kinda hate the fact that they were messing Mugger's restaurant -the one that he was relying on for a living and I was about to cry when he accepted the money Alistair (Sam Claflin) was offering him just so he won't bother kicking them out of his place. I recommend this film not only because it has a good story plot but because the members of the club are all hot and babes.
st8627
This is a typical gritty Film Four presentation. A look at the seedier side of society groups and making us look at a side of people that we like to believe doesn't exist really but deep down we know they do. Very gritty , very thought provoking watch this knowing that you will be shocked .A secret Oxford University club where if you have to ask to join you can't be a member who are all from affluent backgrounds and think they are better than anyone beneath their social standing.We see how the club begins from its origins to modern day with the group needing new recruits . We see the process and induction of the new members and quickly realise that they are raucous to the extreme. They are preparing to book the annual meal and have to leave Oxford and end up in a beautiful family orientated gastro pub.As the drink flows and the drugs are consumed the behaviour of the group becomes excessive. A pre arranged prostitute refuses to co-operate which infuriates the members further. A violent assault tests their loyalty to each other and is played out with the involvement of outside parties.