Much better than I expected, this saga about a group of rowdy party kids really becomes interesting as you get to know each of their personalities. Certainly, they are greatly troubled, some drug addicts, some cutters, and a few from fine families that are simply rebelling without a cause. First thing in the morning, as soon as they can get themselves up, they are walking around the streets of London with a glass of beer in their hands, some wondering where they are going to party and sleep that night. A few of them break into a flap where the people are way, create a mess trying on all their shoes, and sit around discussing all of their problems. This could have been a very tedious film, but the way it is written does create an interest in them even if they aren't people I'd want to know.
The only name in the cast who my recognized was Fiona Shaw as the mother of one of this group, and she's great as always. This is one of those realistic social dramas that British Cinema had been doing since the 1950's, often showing a tougher street life than American films. For a film of this theme, it is surprisingly unviolent, although the scene where someone cuts themselves truly is disturbing, probably the only time I've ever seen that on screen. I enjoyed the location footage on the streets of London, one setting possibly the fashionable Carnaby Street which I've seen in some of the mod 60's comedies such as "Georgie Girl" and "Smashing Time". Normally films like this would be hard for me to get through, but the above-average script kept me interested.
London Kills Me
1991
Action / Comedy / Drama
London Kills Me
1991
Action / Comedy / Drama
62% - Audience
6.0Plot summary
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible pair of shoes," an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him. In fact, the shoes become a symbol of his striving to break away from those, like himself, who are caught up in the tragedy of drugs and lasciviousness which is so aptly described... sometimes graphically, always realistically... in this film.
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Laziness kills quicker.
Not Recommended
Not impressive.. very dull and meaningless movie... Acting is horrible and storyline is not good
I loved it
I watched this movie when it came out and I really loved it. I loved the characters because they reminded me of myself or of my friends I either had or wished I had. Granted, the story has no grand significance nor does it attempt to. It's simply a tale of a few delinquents living their weird lives in London trying to get something out of life, whether it's a fix, a job, or a pair of shoes.