in contrast to some of the review i have read and i think this film be a poor effort on every level . i grow up in the north of england in the 1970s be one of the first punk in sheffield ( where i understand the film be set ) and i do not see any authenticity in it . just a bunch of caricature meander through a faux 70 setting . the plot line be dreary and unfocused and the resolution ridiculous . two lackluster juvenile lead and the remain talent chronically under use . it fail a most british movie do to actually look like a film . it look cheap . it have televisual sensibility and budget tv at that . the disco sequence really rock not . hard to spread out fifteen extra to make a room seem full i know . all in all it be rubbish . and it no wonder it be a flop when originally release .