Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Joe Strummer
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A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.
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| Release Date | 2017-08-03 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Directors | Derrick Borte, Hubert Taczanowski |
| Producers | Alex Cutler, Matt Brown, Phil Hunt, Alastair Burlingham, Angel Chen, Alan Pao, Lee Vandermolen, Christine Vachon, Scott Floyd Lochmus, Dennis Mykytyn, Luke Daniels, Jeff Rice, Compton Ross, Tom Butterfield, Sofia Sondervan, Victoria Goodall, Charlie Dombek |
| Writer | Matt Brown |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is surprisingly good as Clash singer Joe Strummer, but London Towndoes not have the frontman (excuse the pun,) centre-stage.
The film is somewhat endearing, but it doesn't capture the grit of a Thatcher-era UK. Instead of truly tackling the fascinating topics of the time, it comes up to the edge and merely skirts around them. The skinheads are a problem, but they are never our problem, they're a mere periphery. The unemployment rate is sky high, but the lead stumbles into two jobs by the end of the first act.
Perhaps these problems wouldn't be so stark, if the kid who is our eyes for this punk-journey, wasn't so much of an... unlikeable twat.
Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
— Gimly