Great import from the UK! A soldier's mentally-challenged younger brother is roughed up and abused by their hometown's gang of drug dealers while the soldier is away serving his country. Upon finding out about the abuse, the soldier returns home and seeks knarly retribution on the hooligans one at a time: mentally and then physically. There is a good balance in the carnage as the film carries the violent revenge up to a point and right as it could get gross, the film leaves it to your imagination to complete the scene. Nice.
The script is good, the directing is good, and the acting is really good. The mentally-challenged brother is acted out really well: pretty much on the same level as Leonardo Dicaprio's role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" or "What is Gilbert Grape's Mother Eating Now?" There is a killer twist that is revealed in the end that is extremely close to "The Sixth Sense."
Awesome points are:
- While defending the rights and freedoms for losers to ruin their own lives, the soldier erradicates the druggies when they step over the line and ruin an innocent's life
- The hero stops just short of total revenge because going all the way would put the outcome of a few children's lives in jeopardy: I like movies that don't harm kids just to capitalize on the easy emotional rush doing so can elicit from the audience-Kudos to that!
- Retribution is swift and righteous and free from Miranda Rights and due process
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