4. F.
Playing heavily and superbly on the British aversion to the "hoodie-wearing yobbos" the media is telling us we must fear, Johannes Roberts' movie is a violent, underrated stalk-and-slash gem following a group of teachers - led by the disaffected, alcoholic paranoid loner amongst them that they all despise - who must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours. It's not a perfect film by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a thrilling and very well-made genre entry. See this if David Moreau and Xavier Palud's Them or Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's Inside were your sort of thing!
Gareth Howie
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I'm a part-time writer, part-time stand-up comedian, full time movie geek who strongly believes Martin Brest's MIDNIGHT RUN is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, movie ever made!
(... This is the bit where you mutter "You must be some sort of friggin' comedian if you think Midnight Run is the greatest movie ever made!")
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