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Twin Town [VHS]

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The majority visitors reading the reviews of this film will have only recently bcome aware of what i can only class as cult clasic due to Rhys Ifans appearance in notting hill. Twin Town is the story of two brothers who live in Swansea ( south Wales) and their crusade to gain revenge over a wealthy roofing contractor/ local kingpin after there father has an accident while completing some work for him - as a basis for a film this may not 'jump out' as the story behind a classic comedy but the key to its success is the dark methods used by the brothers and the counter actions from the attended targets.

Without giving away to much the introduction of two bent policemen ( one welsh the other from Glasgow) kareokee and a mixture of murder (watch out for the dogs head) and sex and drugs brings the best out of all the cast.

The regional accent may cause a few problems innitially with a few of the jokes lost on those who do not understand the welsh humour, however even without taking this into account i have never met anyone who has not enjoyed this film ( i have already lost one copy to a friend)

sadly one of the origional shots involving a welsh farmer and a sheep was highly edited and i hope that the american version has not been edited inorder to make it politically correct.....

the highest recommendation i can give is that i origionally bought twin town at a cost of £15 approx $22) and when it disappeared i had no hesitation to go and purchase another copy ....buy it and you will see what i mean .

I took a woman out to this movie on our 1st date. I laughed throughout the movie. She was shocked and figured I was a sicko. Maybe I am, but the film is damn funny.

This is an absolute MUST SEE film. It is so accurate you could well believe it is a true life documentary. As a Welshman living in the USA, it is a perfect reminder of what it is like 'back home'. I can (and I am sure all Welshmen abroad will) relate to every word spoken and every frame flicking by. Heck it even made me homesick at one point!! Some of the scenes of nightlife in Swansea/Abertawe even reminded me of how I used to be in my youth! If you are Welsh living in another country (yep, that includes Lloegr/England) it has to be an addition to your video library, don't miss this wonderful depiction of our even more wonderful and beautiful land and people. Would love to see them make a sequel!

If you don't have a copy of this, get it. If anything it will show you the difference between the Welsh Nation & the English. If you loved Trainspotting you will laugh like hell at this, I Just wish it was on DVD.

As A true Welshman living in America it is good to watch this film to remind me of Home, The people & Sense of HUMOUR! You'll love this Film & if you don't understand anything send me an E-mail & I'll happily explain it all for you. P.s. watch out for the farmer & his sheep.

I personally think this film is far superior to trainspotting, not just because it is set in wales, but because dark as it is it leaves you with a smile on your face. Also it makes you proud to hear welsh spoken on the big screen. The geography is sometimes out ( i.e they turn a corner in port-talbot an end up in swansea 5 miles away but this seems to give the film some distance, so it's not like just looking out the window. The twins (Rhys & Llyr Ifans) are the dregs of society but you still have to love them. This is the only film I have seen that is still talked about nearly 2 years after it came out. Miss it and miss out, especially if your ex-pat welsh, the end sequence rendition of myfanwy by the Morriston orpheus choir will bring a lump to your throat. BUY IT

I picked up this tape in the first place becuase I was drawn in by the clever trailer that preceeds "Fargo" on videotape. I also enjoy UK dialect pictures. While it can lag towards the end - it seems as though the director needed to tie up some ends quickly and creatively - this is a thoroughly enjoyable film. I have never seen a film jump from extreme to extreme so jarringly and yet effortlessly. The acting is very, very engaging - in particular, the two "bent coppers," played by Dorien Thomas (?) and Dougray Scott (soon to be hitting our shores as Wolverine in the X-Men film) and the almost psychotic Ifans (real life) twins. For a film that will make you laugh, honestly drop your jaw (I've proved this - there's one scene that will leave you agape), and occasionally make you say, "Nooooooo, way!" or perhaps, "Wha?" I cannot recommend this enough. It is certainly out there - but who wants to watch gritty reality as a form of escapism? You'll pee yourself laughing....

I believe this film is superior to the one it was often compared to- Trainspotting. For some reason this movie was billed as the Welsh version of Trainspotting when only on a superficial level do they share anything in common. This movie is my kind of family values, as they get serious in avenging their family's death against the fascist bullyboy rugby magnate. Buy this film, it gets better every time, and buy the soundtrack because of Catatonia and SFA( Rock on!)

Having seen and loved Trainspotting, and knowing that Danny Boyle helped produce this film, I foolishly rented it in the hopes of seeing a slice of Welsh life, something not often found on film. Instead, I was forced to watch two utterly unsympathetic, bloody-minded, and totally unredeemable hooligan twins do ever-more unpleasant and stupid pranks, culminating in several totally unjustified murders, with the only two characters deserving of death waltzing off into the evening! Talk about perverse film-making.

If you still think that every British film about the drug-addled, football-hooligan culture is charming and clever, please watch this film and you will soon be cured of this misconception.

A great comedy. And don't forget to turn the caption on...

A nice transition from Scotland to Wales... But I'd still consider this to be a good sequel to Trainspotting. That one was about an addict who actually decided to go back to the "normal life" as defined by the society. This one is about addicts who love their lives with nice ironies about definition of morality.

Rhys Iffyns (recently of Notting Hill) co-stars as half of wayward botherly duo intent on wreaking small time havoc in their native Swansea. When inept and crooked cops cross paths with them and disrupt their already disrupted lives the gloves come off. Sheer madness!