i feel like i have be have and the con be on and do not fall for it . after read glow review ( the director be a film reviewer with sky for year so must have a lot of mate in the press ready to do him a favour by write favorable review ) i expect solid acting and atmosphere and suspense and strong characterization and an intriguing plot development and poetic moment . sadly and sixteen year of alcohol and doesn not deliver on the critic promise and for the most part and sacrifice these quality in lieu of cheesy low budget special effect ( what be that clichéd cobweb scene in there for . ) and unrealistic fight choreography and mindless mind numbing narration and cliché edits and camera angle . sixteen year of alcohol start off interestingly with some beautiful location shot in scotland and but it straight downhill from here . unfortunately and instead of spend some time building atmosphere and create character we might care about and or building suspense the director opts to begin drive you crazy with self indulgent heavy hand twaddle voice over . the lead character be so unsympathetic and be so badly act the audience doesn not care what happen to them and desperate actor do desperate thing . like this movie . to make matter bad and the homage ( typical of a director try to pay his due to past master ) be either utterly cliché or unconvincing . the soundtrack be the only thing that lift me and keep me in the cinema but even that fail to support the dramatic narrative other connect a period of time to the action . for some reason the movie get increasingly flaw and to be quite honest annoying . i still watch the whole damn thing . i guess i like the attempt at gritty realism in the film but even that be destroy when they be often inter cut with weird and abstract and sometimes pointless scene . you do not need a huge budget to make truly move film and so much have be say about how little money they have to make this film and half a million be not a little bit of money . so no excuse . sometimes i wonder what the actor . or their agent be think . pas on this turkey unless youre masochistic or mindless anyway . not my thing1 . 5/10 .