Twin Town (DVD)

"Twin Town" Ah the Welsh equivalent to "Trainspotting"! Set in the industrial, but beautiful town of Swansea, South Wales, this dark comedy introduces us to the perils of family life, tragedy, troubled youths and friendship. The film is rightly rated 18 and even though a lot of children nowadays will watch an adult film, it is not suitable at all for younger viewers and in many ways can influence them. Although, it does however reflect a society ...
...the film there is violence, deception, revenge, theft, drugs and extremely strong language. There are also sexual references and small graphic scenes. Even though these scenes are shown in good light, they are still graphic. *Another caution, there is a swear word in every conversation!! IMDB reckons the word "F**k" features 700 times - that's probably about right!! Runs approximately 100 minutes and is released by Universal Pictures UK ltd. The ...

fabfrog5 10.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Twin Town (DVD)

Twin town is a movie that has both benefitted and detracted from by the comparisons with cult hit Trainspotting. While the tag obviously gave it some publicity and piqued many people's interest, it also left many with the wrong impression of what to espect when they see the film, leading to some dissapointment. The only similarities really are that both deal in graphic terms with the more down-trodden and morally-different elements of society and ...
...quite sad tale of two twin boys, Julian and Jeremy Lewis (Real life brothers Llyr & Rhys Ifans) following their daddy Fatty Lewis's accident at work that lead to a subsequent feud with his employer Bryn Cartwright and eventually involved both families and a couple of rogue coppers. I won't go any further with the plot so as to not spoil it for those of you who watch it, but suffice to say that a number of people (and animals) end up meeting a very ...

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Plot - Twin Town is a movie about two young yobs who will have you in stitches! Julian & Jeremy are two mischevious brothers from Swansea. They are known as "The Lewis Twins" and come from a poor background. They live with their parents and sister in a caravan. Their father "fatty" does the odd job and supports the family on dole money. The boys are into drugs, car theft and anything thats going. They always go places together and always have bets ...
...to get their own back on his boss 'Bryn' they play a trick on his daughter. While she is taking part in a karaoke contest the wee on her! The boys are then on the run from police detectives. The whole thing is blown out of proportion and it ends with 'Bryns' family poodle being killed. In retaliation the Twin's family are killed in the caravan by an explosion. The twins murder 'Bryn' to get back at him and follow through their fathers wish of being ...

quiche_nufc 05.03.2008 (03.03.2008) · Read full review
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twin town is set in swansea, and is about two young men who love to steal cars and are always in trouble. they live in a caravan site with there mother, sister who works for a local massage palour, and their father who does odd jobs on the quite for cash in hand. alone with their faithfull dog. the story also has two bent cops, who are working for the local business tycoon, they are also trying to sell drugs and move up in the world . the real ...
...an accident at work, the twins try to get compensation of of his boss, however hhe has another opinion, and sets the two cops to sort things out. one thing leads to another. and it ends up as a war between the two families of the twins and their fathers boss. this film is a good film, it has got some great sayings involved in it, and some of the comedy is funny. however it can offencive to some people. it is best to watch with an open mind. although ...

lordmatthews 03.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Twin Town (DVD)

...Twin town is a movie that has both benefitted and detracted from by the comparisons with cult hit Trainspotting. While the tag obviously gave it some publicity and piqued many people's interest, it also left many with the wrong impression of what to espect when they see the film, leading to some dissapointment. The only similarities really are that both deal in graphic terms with the more down-trodden and morally-different elements of society and ...
...quite sad tale of two twin boys, Julian and Jeremy Lewis (Real life brothers Llyr & Rhys Ifans) following their daddy Fatty Lewis's accident at work that lead to a subsequent feud with his employer Bryn Cartwright and eventually involved both families and a couple of rogue coppers. I won't go any further with the plot so as to not spoil it for those of you who watch it, but suffice to say that a number of people (and animals) end up meeting a very ...

hackerjack 21.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Twin Town (DVD)