Following on from the events of 7/7 and filling in the blanks leading up to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, Jag Mundhra’s slant on Britain’s post 7/7 world leaves the tracks pretty much there and goes on to become what can only be compared to an over-extended episode of Eastenders, or Coronation Street for that matter given the location.
Brian Cox and lead protagonist Naseeruddin Shah are the only elements keeping this film afloat although even their portrayals are tested at times.
The problems are not limited to production values or the small incestuous family based plotlines rampant throughout (the main bad guy is the protagonist’s grandson) but the thought that this project could have got green lit due to its tenuous claims to be based on or inspired by true events is deplorable. Surely the only depiction those events should inspire are documentaries or at least dramatizations with realism intact.
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