Ok so first, this is set in 1980s/90s, yet everyone has a smartphone, silly mistake but that' sums this up from start to finish.
The lead who plays Stephen is beyond wooden, and it's hard to decide what's worse, the casting or the script.
The Duffer died after a fight at a blues party, stabbed in the armpit. Yet in this he dies walking the town in broad daylight.
The portrayal of Vic or Viv who it's clearly meant to be is again inaccurate.
There's no mention of Stephen and Vic/Viv and the Hobos nightclub incident for which were both jailed for and friends at the time.
The plot jumps around and tries to cram in as much as possible in as short time as possible and the end result was laughable.
Please do not ever write a script again or cast the actor in anything other than an extra role, to help me and others from wasting time and pain.
A film about the north east wouldn't be complete without including Ernie, Big Billy, Panda, Conroys, but through pettiness it seems they've excluded all of the characters that could have made this script better.
Even the use of Duffy was strange and random, and a wasted opportunity missed by amateur writers.
Like to see someone have another try at a true crime north east film, but stay clear of all involved in this when doing so.
Embarrassed for some involved, not all, as 1/2 seemed like cameos for fiends and associates.
Even the ending with Charlie Kray was misleading, Charlie was a loveable rogue, a deal boy, not a gangster, it's disrespectful to his memory to give that impression, but it was also disrespectful to Vivs family how the facts were left out about why they turned on Viv, simply because Viv turned his back on them, came across as petty, like most of the film.
