Six Bend Trap

An independently produced, low budget slapstick gangster comedy which belabours the increasingly ludicrous shenanigans of a guileless trio of Teesside likely lads attempting to train a greyhound to win at the prestigious Peterborough racing event, as portly scowling slaphead villain, Gordy (Dave Courtney) and his absurdly cackling mini-mean side-kick, Buffalo Phil (Peter Bonner) serially slap all in sundry about until the hare-racing climax. McCarthy's excitable, earnestly made, episodically amiable crime romp is both intentionally, and, fortuitously, unintentionally funny! While the noisome narrative is not always convincing, it fitfully provided a few crudely mounted moments of levity, but, overall, the dramatic elements failed to ignite.

I believe it would be entirely fair to suggest that some of the more prodigiously warped schlock-seekers will actively relish the cheesier comedic nuggets unearthed herein, and boozier members of the 'so-bad-it's-good-brigade' may well praise the film's frequent lapses of taste! I discovered that it is injudicious to feed a greyhound an excess of whiskey-laced eggs before a race, revenge is a dish best served with mushy peas, and plucky Emmerdale alumni, Lisa Riley was a real trooper being the super-sized butt of a multitude of mean spirited jibes entirely at her expense. The game cast's 'colourful' acting performances are either competent, amateurish, or conspicuously absent. Unsophisticated, poorly edited, and undeniably silly, McCarthy's cartoonish crime caper is not entirely without skewed entertainment value.

I do not usually bother reviewing movies....judging by personal taste is always fraught with danger....but this one.....WOW....terrible acting, soundtrack, production, direction....even the "live" band sequences at various venues have fading out recorded music.....my 4 year old son could mime better than the "Dan T's Inferno" members (pay particular attention to the drummer, who ain't NO drummer)....a script that sees itself as some type of cross between Snatch/Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels/Layer Cake/Stormy Monday/Sexy Beast and Cops and Watches (there is a Chaplinesque chase sequence thrown in....For what reason? I don't know!!) and fails to deliver on ALL counts (even on the Chaplin slapstick).....the best actor in the whole damn thing is Smoggie Dog (the greyhound)and that's probably because he does not have a speaking part......every single actor and even the background extras (watch for them to try and get their heads on a panning camera angle for as long as possible!)is trite, wooden, un-natural, and they would all be well advised to never use this crock of cr*p as a job reference.....the movie's ending leaves the option of future sequels.....I have one request Mr.McCarthy....PLEASE DON'T,PLEEEEEEEEESE

There is no excuse for poor films, not with the money put into English film and the directors/producers/scriptwriters we have to be proud of.

Its worth highlighting, anything with Dave Courtenay (if spelt wrong...arsed) in is likely to be sh*t, he isn't an actor and either bullies his way into a film or makes it prudent for the film to go ahead, so this is not a good start!! Apparenly he's an actor, errr, no he is a thug that has lost his purpose in life, or maybe has no purpose.

The acting is appalling, seriously appalling, and for most parts it is sad, because I can imagine with a bit of input, it could have been a different film with more going for it. As it is, if you manage to watch 20 minutes, well done, its far more than most will!! Give this a miss!

What absolute rubbish, a waste of video, wooden acting, wooden everything. I cannot believe someone would actually make this rubbish.

It is one of the worst movies, with the worst acting and the worst storyline you could ever have the misfortune to come across.

The other reviews tried to compare it with some other well known movies, sadly this movie seems like it was put together by a 5 year old, what a terrible script, what terrible acting, what a terrible story, what a terrible waste of video! Even if you have nothing better to do, you will not need to waste your time watching this rubbish.

What surprises me, is how anyone even thinks that this kind of rubbish is going to be popular! Can you imagine paying good money to make this rubbish?

I had no idea i would rate this movie as high as i would, but that does not mean i am wrong at all. An excellent movie that has, unfortunately, more to do with gritty life in the North East of England than it has to do with Greyhound racing (the reason i would watch it). Some might say Courtney is not the best actor int he world, which is undoubtedly true, but he pulls it off in this movie and the cast surrounding him do a good job as well. Do not forget that most of the cast are just locals and have no special "powers" when it comes to acting, but that makes the movie all the more appealing. It comes close to the heart being a former Glaswegian and knowing some about the hard knocks of life.

Again, pleasantly surprised and worth a look