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SPOILERS ALERT - in the film "Made in Britain" (1982) by Alan Clarke...

posted 2 years ago by TheMan18 (12502)
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... at the end, was that cop character PC Anson CORRECT to hit Trevor with his police batton on the knee causing him massive pain when Trevor sarcastically said "Sounds great!" to the info. brought out to him that he will spend many years in detention centre or borstal for car thieving?

I could understand maybe him hitting him if Trevor tried to attack him physically, but other than that...

Also, what if he didn't say "Sounds great" but had shown understanding instead, maybe even apologized and said "sorry", would he hit him then?

What if PC Anson had a female offender or say a young child in front of him displaying a bit of arrogance and bad manners, would he physically attack them THEN or would he show restraint and understanding?

Cheers.

Basically in a nutshell, was he RIGHT to hit him?

P.S. And yes I have seen it, great movie, I highly recommend it, I think its on YouTube too but I own the DVD.

[–] TheMan18 (12502) 2 years ago

That scene to some extent brought back MY memories when, OK by no means by British police or otherwise, I WAS the one who was at some or other points in my life DISCIPLINED via serious authority for some or other kind of, however small, wrongdoing or causing trouble, and in some ways I saw it as an example of a strict and necessary tough treatment, maybe not outright abuse including of authority but still, it shocked me too.

Have you ever experienced anything of this kind in your life folks, and how was it? Cheers.

P.S. If you saw the film or read my description, did the notion of "men" ALONE spring to mind, with them acting tough on either fence whether its Trevor (in possibly the debut acting of the acclaimed Tim Roth) or PC Anson?