Sunday 26 January 2014

26/01/14 Villain (1971)

What do you get if you cross:

Vincent Cassel
With:

Dot Cotton?
Answer:

This bloke. Now known as Vincedot.


Anyway this is a surprisingly obscure film about a shady cockney bummer (For non Brits: criminal, London based homosexual) who shows his affection for people by punching them, as well as punching people he doesn't like, and does a bank job with some of his chums. Including Vincedot. Above average, but not great. Lots of odd accents.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067952/
5.95/10

Mark1 Ford Capri and clothing brought to you by 1970's fashion brand House of Brown.


"Blimey! It says here that in 43 years a tubby man will mock this film on a personal home computer unit."


"Crivens! So it does!"


"Would you like a sausage? I've got plenty."


A Rover P5b (hooray!) driving through one of Croydon's 'Gardens in Bloom'.


Think of your own caption for this brilliant acty-face.



Perkin.














2 comments:

  1. Seriously, one of my favourite films. The crappy heist and subsequent car chase are marvellous. The pre-heist scenes in Lampton Road, Hounslow 1970 are priceless. Usually I cant stand Richard Burton or Lovejoy but this is a treat.

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    1. It was definitely a good film, and the heist/chase were ace! I especially liked the money box with the telescopic theft-prevention poles!

      As for locations, I'll watch anything filmed in London made in the '70s/'80s as that was the time I lived in the capital and seeing the exterior scenes always triggers the vague memories from that era.

      Also, the films from that time seem somehow more *struggles for the right word* ...honest? if that makes sense?

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