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As I'm from Inverness and actually lived in Kinmylies whilst Karen was at Charleston (best chippy and Chinese in town next to her old school btw), I decided to stump up £5.49 to 'rent' this movie from Amazon, mainly so I could 'snech spot' locations. Please be aware it's absolutely not the light and fluffy laugh a minute observational comedy about Highland 20 somethings depicted in the trailer. It's core theme is the horrific suicide rate in the Highlands told via the central characters relationship with her recently deceased 'gay best friend'. To be fair it's depiction of the lost souls drowning their sorrows every weekend in Inverness whatever the motivation is pretty spot on, even if the walks of shame make no local geographic sense and my best laugh was the 'brigadoon' style fake Inverness railway station. This was also ironic given the supposed fight to keep the film out of the central belt. The overall pacing was a bit pedestrian and the decision to limit dialogue was a mistake because KG had actually pulled in some solid acting talent who were woefully underused to the point of being cameos. The main disappointment being that when there was dialogue, like in the cringe scene at work with her boss, it was clear that Karen does have a gift for writing and the pitch black humour that was largely lacking otherwise. Nice to see (All be it blink and you'll miss her) Daniela Nardini again. A cute bit of casting could have been using her as the mother, to hint at the possible failed aspirations of her 'This Life' character. Regardless, I did get what KG was trying to convey and I liked the emotional honesty of it all, however it just meandered along in ever decreasing circles with no real punch despite the edgy themes being explored. Still worth a look for KG fans & locals, as well as hinting at directorial potential to come.

Plodding, unremittingly grim and all rather pointless. A Calvanist family shout and scream a lot of bible related guff in Ye Olde English, before being picked off by each other, a mad woman in the woods and (seriously) .....their suddenly demonic Billy goat! Or maybe it's all just supposed to be a bad dream, served up as a parable about religious brain washing? It certainly warranted brain washing for me after believing the reviews. You could have put my brain on a 60° cotton cycle rather than endure this again. Beware of the pretentious bandwagon jumpers out there. DO NOT let them steal 90 minutes of your life. If you want a truly creepy film about 'losing it' in the wilderness, watch 'Ravenous' instead. In fact watch 'The Great Outdoors' instead!

Just popped in the DVD to see if it was as 'meh' as I remembered. Aside from Moon Goodbloods ridiculously immaculate teeth, it was actually pretty watchable. If they had reversed the casting of Bale and Worthington it could have worked a lot better. The former was just in Batman gravel voice mode and the latter was far more interesting and sympathetic. The twist involving the A lister would have been a far better...'twist'. Decent vision on the post Jugement Day world and a good Saturday night popcorn movie that's a lot better than most recent 'blockbuster' fare. Worth a second look.

Obviously totally undermined from day one by the lack of Furlong and Hamilton. Which is a shame, because remove the zero chemistry 'marriage' with Catherine Brewster and have Hamilton and Furlong hook up with the T101 that ultimately kills him, with them having to accept the inevitability of Judgement Day and a good movie could have emerged . As it is, it's not as bad as I remembered and Arnie probably has his best lines of the franchise but when self parody seeps in, you know it's time to quit.

Just binge watched Series 2 and whilst it would always struggle to match the rightly lauded first Series, it is still better viewing than 90% of what is currently on offer, especially on the BBC. The pacing is a bit tedious at times and the transition of Villanelle from cold hearted assassin to a convenient government agent is rushed and ridiculous (like a rehash of The Terminator being reprogrammed for T2)...'promise not to kill anyone' etc blah de blah. Also the central characters erotic longing malarky is now on a meh loop. No crackle whatsoever when together but heavy music overlay and longing as soon as apart. Not so much 'get a room' as please leave the room. Anyway, Jodie Comer is still hilarious, like a cross between Chuckie, Kathy Bates in Misery & Queenie in Blackadder. Her post kill emoji text cracked me up (a literal lol) and Comer can convey so many emotions herself (mostly disdain) without saying a single word. One thing though, I know it's not Line of Duty procedurally but a handler who gives you a British passport when you are supposed to be an American should themselves be shot. Hopefully the now confirmed Season 3 will hit the heights of Season 1.