1998. Glasgow's Evil Streets by Ken Loach Glasgow. Mud. Street punk. Drug addicts. Poor people. Social workers. Cheap housing. Alcoholics Anonymous. Everything is mixed up spitting out a story about a lost man, not without solid life ideals. His name is Joe and he's 37. Behind crime and drugs, the unknown lies ahead. with all this, he is not without a certain inner nobility, and learning that his friends due to drugs and the whim of the local crime boss got into a mess instead of lecturing, desperately rushes to help them. At the same time, he is ready to push his own interests to the margins.
Definitely Ken Loach managed to shoot a social sketch decorating it with criminal ragtime. The picture is quite amazingly addictive. Even the love line of the main character turns out to be quite realistic. Without embellishment and revelation, not outstanding. Therefore, the film is quite watchable. The main actor also has merit in this. Peter Mullan, for all his appearance, turns out to be a technical characteristic actor who can convey the multifaceted nature of the main character’s psyche. And it turns out that his personal prize in Cannes for the performance of this role is quite justified.
6 out of 10