Offensive (2016)
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- Synopsis:
Retired couple, Bernard (Russell Floyd) and Helen (Lisa Eichhorn) Martin, inherit a house in rural France. Bernard's father had liberated this same village from the Nazis, during the Second World War, in a rage fueled, killing spree. This peaceful couple quickly become the target of a cruel gang of street kids, who terrorise the village. Plugged into their devices and devoid of empathy, they are a new breed of technological psychopath...Bernard and Helen's lives become a living hell as they are harassed and tormented by the gang. When pushed beyond breaking point, right or wrong no longer matters, survival is everything! Can Bernard live up to his father's legend ? And could they live with the consequences ? This is the old generation vs the new! - Actors:
- Russell Floyd, Lisa Eichhorn, Fred Adenis, Timothy Morand, Angela Dixon, Etienne Fouillade, Anaïs Parello, Patrice Ortega, Peter Lamarque, Arthur Contival, Francois Sers, Elise Auriol, Leo Manzano, Ugo Chabiron-Bouchet, Etienne Tremoulet, Charles Munoz, Howard J. Ford, Dan Rickard, Marie Rancati Palmer, Hugues Catalan
- Directors:
- Jonathan Ford
- Producers:
- Jonathan Ford
- Writers:
- Jonathan Ford
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of Offensive
Decent Revenge Fantasy when Feral Kids Get What's Coming... - Offensive review by PV
OK so this is very much a B-movie with some very wooden acting and on the nose obvious dialogue which should have been edited out before shooting started.
Having said that, it is an enjoyable revenge fantasy. A couple who (improbably) move to France after an army friend of their father leaves them a house in his will but only if they live there a year, get agro from the local yobs, male and female.
This being France, some are obviously north African heritage (in the UK that;d be black, esp in cities). Anyone who has lived in London will know the type - amoral feral kids who make everyone's life a misery with mugging, anti-social behaviour etc. The young actors here get it spot on as does the script - these yobbo kids are truly menacing and scary. AND true to life, sadly.
I wort of didn';t believe some parts (a couple like this would surely own a property at home in the USA by their age and yet they say they have never owned a place themselves, Hmmm). And the police procedure and seeming lack of any investigation or DNA testing or SOC officers make it all a bit absurd.
BUT it is I must admit rather enjoyable to see the yobbish thugs who do not care who they hurt getting what they deserve. If only...
Watch with EDEN LAKE a British-set version of this, violent too and classier to be honest. Great to watch the two movies back to back.
Now I look forward to someone somewhere daring to make a version of this feral youth thug storyline but set in the ethnic inner city with black feral kids making everyone;'s life a misery (an everyday story in London).
4 stars. A decent effort on a small budget.