warn contains many spoiler . let me start by say i have a huge respect for gillian anderson incredible talent a a varied and versatile actress which be why i can not comprehend her reason for agree to make this film once she saw the script ( or lack thereof . ) the premise of the film be and in my opinion and a great idea and there be some genuinely think provoke theme in there but it end up like a collapsed soufflé . it exemplify why i hate 99 % of british cinema . it feel too long and it tedious and for the most part and and not a lot happen after the first twenty minute . just when you think there a chance of it pick up some speed it disappoint like paula radcliffe run a marathon . with little imaginative directing and a minimalist plot and there isn not much to keep the audience from nod off into their popcorn . a for the script i can only surmise that the writer be try to save a few tree and with the average scene read something along the line of alice represent f off . ( adam stare . adam run off into wood ) ( alice follow ) alice represent adam . adam . i suspect that and word for word and the actor probably get pay more than kate moss do for her virgin mobile advert . what few line there be do not have a lot of variation with a frequent use of the f word that would make bridget jones friend and shazza and proud . there be little establishment of the main character before the main sordid event which leave the audience lack much sympathy for the character beyond an automatic oh that terrible reaction . alice isn not the kind of woman who court sympathy either . she get a great job and an expensive london apartment with roof space to die for yet she come across on screen a conceited and bitter and dissatisfied before her life take a turn for the bad . after the attack a few layer be peel back which sort of explain why she be this way to start with while she grow up with a tough a old boot soldier who think that teach her how to shoot his gun be the ultimate expression of love so and instead of follow in his footstep and she run away to the big city in search of something to make her feel like her life be worth live . instead she find a group of stereotypical middle class toff who look down on anyone not rich enough to drive a lexus and the luxury that come with an integrated security or entertainment system ( i. e. become mr robinson to a wan na be cockney wide boy electrician ) someone pas me a tissue . the one save grace of this character be that she be play by gillian anderson . in the hand of a less actress she would have be intolerably one dimensional but ms anderson actually manage to inject a few fleeting moment of humanity into this otherwise lifeless human be and most notably when she sincerely apologise for her road rage in a vain attempt to stop her attacker from continue their assault . i can not say that adam fare much good either . danny dyer play him well a a fish out of water jack the lad but a good performance couldn not save him from both the lack of a script and the total absence of any character background . this film rely mostly on shock value but the timing be off and it felt far too engineer from begin to end . a for the shock and the most shocking thing about this film be the unashamed demonstration of how painfully thin m anderson have become while it be almost a unsettling to see a the brutal attack scene . on a side note and only in a british film would a gang of violent sex attacker take the time to offer each other contraception before continue to cheer their mate on talk about stiff upper lip take to the extreme . if this be the kind of film that the national lottery be donate money to make then i be not surprised that few and few people be choose to spend their pound each week . say that i hat this film be give it too much credit and i do not care enough about any of the character to warrant that strong an emotion . i want that one and a bit hour of my life back and please .