with a title borrow from werner herzog and liberal helping of kubrick and haneke and noe it be painfully obvious that thomas clay considers himself a cut above the usual sort of rubbish our british cinema churn out . robert carmichael ( for short ) set itself up a a realistic study of youthful alienation and at the same time seemingly a critique of the iraq war . the problem with the realism be that the character be so patently unrealistic and atypical contrary to the fetid imaginings of extreme filmmaker most teenager be not drug addle rapist . a a critique of the iraq war and a film about youth violence ( by a talented classical musician subtext society have damage this sensitive individual ) be so infantile a to hardly bear think about . there be sign of technical ability but some reviewer have overstate this . like kubrick and noe he do show that the desire to shock link with suppose serious intent may be the bad cinematic con trick of recent film . people like clockwork orange and irreversible because they like the rape and the violence and but most of all they like feel culturally superior for like thing that most hat . so too much kubrick and not enough haneke ( a serious and moral filmmaker ) here label this a one of the most moronic film in year . ( i be not against violence in film . to do it seriously be a hard trick though people in cinema cheer alex in clockwork orange show how kubrick suppose intent be miss by mile . gratuitous violence be much easy to achieve and be less offensive than the pretension of many art film director . ) .