Straightheads (2007)

Straightheads: Directed by Dan Reed. With Danny Dyer, Gillian Anderson, Adam Rayner, Antony Byrne. After surviving a gang rape and mugging, a middle aged businesswoman and her 23 year old boyfriend plot to murder their attackers, but find themselves conflicted about carrying out their plans.

“Quite a short feature film, although you do not actually notice this when watching. Great to see Gillian Anderson on screen again, and to be honest i would not have predicted this role for her however she was well cast.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePersonally i quite enjoyed the slightly comedic satire that ran through some of the scenes, and i think Danny Dyer helped with this. It is hard to tell if the film would have maybe been stronger with a different leading male, but then Dyer plays the u0026#39;male struggling with his emasculation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDefinitely lacking depth, i left wishing i had known exactly what happens with Andersonu0026#39;s character and her father, along with simply wishing i knew Dyeru0026#39;s character better.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome uncomfortable scenes which i felt were not always necessary, although they do help to give the film an edginess that i liked. Basically it was brutally real and honest, very un-Hollywood. I would maybe say rent instead of watching at the cinema.”