Twin Town

1997
6.7| 1h39m| en| More Info
Released: 11 April 1997 Released
Producted By: Figment Films
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Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their family. When their father, Fatty, is injured while working on a roof for local kingpin Bryn Cartwright, they try in vain to claim compensation. Thus begins a campaign of terror, which local policemen Terry and Grayo are ill-equipped to prevent, involved as they are in a drugs deal with Cartwright.

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StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Tweekums I recall this being referred to as the Welsh attempt at 'Trainspotting' when it first came out; presumably because it came out soon after, took place in a Celtic country and featured drugs... this is an unfair comparison as they are very different films. Set in Swansea it follows two pairs of men; the Lewis Brothers, a couple of layabout car thieves with a taste for class B drugs; and Terry and Greyo, a couple of bent coppers getting involved in the cocaine trade with local Nouveau riche business man Bryn Cartwright. After the Lewis boys hit Terry's car he is determined to get his revenge. The boys meanwhile have got it in for Bryn after he refuses to pay any compensation when their father is hurt on one of his business sites. They start off their cycle of revenge by urinating on Bryn's daughter as she sings at the local karaoke night... things quickly escalate to killing pets and ultimately the boys' parents and sister are killed when Terry is trying to set fire to their dog... from then on things get darker as the boys set about getting their revenge and Terry tries to find somebody else to blame.As stated before this is not 'Trainspotting' so if you expect something like that you will be disappointed, it is however very funny for the most part although you are likely to suffer mood whiplash half way through when people start dying. Real life brothers Llyr and Rhys Ifans do well as the Lewis brothers, bringing a real sense of anarchy to the roles, Dougray Scott is the other most notable actor; bringing a sense of menace to the part of Terry while still being funny. While it is for the most part fairly funny there are few genuinely likable characters; even the ones we are meant to like are criminals! If you are easily offended this probably isn't the film for you but if you aren't put off by a lot of swearing and some fairly offensive behaviour you should have a good laugh.
dombarclay Darkly amusing (dark comedy if you're English) about a dodgy cop using spoof scenes from great and famous movies. Such scenes with the poodle reflects the horse in the godfather and the another scene is the Karaoke Bar and the movie Carrie. This is all set in Swansea about twins and dealing with the death of a family member. Much Love, madness and set in Wales. Wonderful, I watched about 5 times in 7 days. Got funnier and funnier, the script (See Summary) is outstanding. John Noakes and the scene with the Ice Cream van is most amusing and again if you are English the scene in bath where the twins are quizzing each other about football is also exceptional.WATCH WATCH AND WATCH AGAIN.
Weazel353 I thought "Twin Town" was Brilliant! The actors chosen to play the "Lewis boys" were absolutely Fantastic Funny as Hell! It came on cable one night,and since I love other movies Rhys Ifans has been in I decided to watch.And It was great,not like these American "teeny-bopper" films they're trying to stuff down teenagers(me)throats!It was awesome.I think everyone should at least see it once,go rent it!
Karl Self Obviously a lot of effort and money went into this movie, the acting, the visuals; unfortunately the director thought that he could do without a plot or dialogue, apparently on account of that it is Welsh and riding on the wake of Trainspotting. The result is the cinematic equivalent to a Ferrari Testarossa without wheels, nice to look at yet bitterly disappointing.