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Propaganda Film

posted 12 years ago by SonOfKyuss
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I just watched this film and while I did find it entertaining and well made, it felt like a right wing propaganda film. Similar to Red Dawn and Death Wish, the right wing messages in this film made me uncomfortable.

The film seems to push an anti gun-control agenda, glorifying vigilante gun violence. The politically motivated riots in England (which were happening as this was being produced) were portrayed as displays of senseless violence perpetuated by thugs. Anyone associated with the criminals is judged and sentenced to death by Harry, including the gun dealer's assistant and the young hoodlum who we see get sexually abused. Maybe these two hoods should be arrested, but do we really feel comfortable seeing them assassinated because of the company they keep? I think this was a good movie with a bad message.

[–] totalbollacks 9 years ago

I feel exceedingly comfortable with any portrayal of scrotes being wasted, gorier the better. The zombie hoards who cost my country billions of pounds per year are far better dead for the rest of us.
The cash that smack and crack costs my nations economy would be better spent on those who need it rather than want it.
Kill them all.

[–] Redux006 9 years ago

The film seems to push an anti gun-control agenda

So if they had all just killed each other with knives as they did in the first half of the movie, you would have been fine with the violence?

[–] FridayOnElmStreet 7 years ago

You are thinking to hard.