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Filth
- Director: Jon S. Baird
- Writer: Jon S. Baird; Irvine Welsh
- Producer: Mark Amin; Christian Angermayer
CGiii Comment
More of the same from Mr Welsh...anti-this, anti-that...in other words...tired words from a tired writer who has too much money and no edge.
Baird's direction tends to be an infinitely inferior photocopy of Boyle's dexterity...but, the writing - from both protagonists - is ridiculous...really, the whole drag thing is an embarrassing denouement.
Retire Mr Welsh - you have no more to say, no more grannies to shock.
Mr Baird, it's simply not good enough to haphazardly duplicate the talents of other directors.
McAvoy, Bell and Broadbent - you are better than this.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a crippling drug habit and suspicious colleagues start to take their toll on his sanity. The question is: can he keep his grip on reality long enough to disentangle himself from the filth?
Cast & Characters
James McAvoy as Bruce Robertson;
Imogen Poots as Amanda Drummond;
Joanne Froggatt as Mary;
Jamie Bell as Ray Lennox;
Eddie Marsan as Bladesey;
Jim Broadbent as Dr. Rossi;
Shirley Henderson as Bunty;
Iain De Caestecker as Ocky;
Emun Elliott as Peter Inglis;
Pollyanna McIntosh as Size Queen