Scum

this film even now is very shocking. i'm not surprised it got banned for almost 15 years. there's a few scenes in this film that todays film directors probably wouldn't put in. this movie is really fantastic and has brilliant characters in it. I've also seen the TV version of this and thought it was good but this is much better. i think the quote i mostly remember from this film is "i'm the daddy" ha ha. its a very powerful and quite funny quote that will always stay with me there's not much story to this film. just that Ray Winstone's character has only just been sent to this borstal and is basically on the rise to the most popular lad in the borstal as the film goes on. its just a situation film where u see the inmates trying to cope with borstal life this film is very controversial due to some of its very sickening scenes but has to be one of the best English films around.......... 10/10........j.d Seaton

Be warned that you should go into this film with your guard up. By the time the final scene has faded quietly out, you will probably be in a state of shock. The film details life in a Borstal institution and the violence and racial hatred that runs rampant through both the prisoners and their wardens. There is nothing cheery here at all and that is precisely the point. Director Alan Clarke deliberately films with a documentary style and it is this realism that makes the film so shattering. Scenes of sexual and racial abuse are placed in front of the camera and no raw nerve is spared the touch of the film. It should be shown to youngsters as a reason not to turn to crime.