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If things get complicated quickly, it's to director Samir's credit that he and his co-writer Furat al Jamil succeed in creating a number of well-rounded memorable characters, who anchor the less believable elements of the story.

The performances fill the space between appeals and commissions with enough sincerity to retain your interest.

This is how Brakes comes across. Cynical and homemade.

A poignant and rewarding tale.

As a romantic comedy, this cringes more than it cracks up.

Chereau should be congratulated for his honesty, rather than reviled as a purveyor of soft porn.

If you're going to do science fiction, you really need to get the science right, because otherwise all you're doing is attacking straw men.

The scenes of conflict are well handled; it's actually hard to depict completely untrained, inexperienced people attacking each other in a realistic way, and director Joe Lynch achieves this without ever compromising on the fun of it all.

After 15 minutes of fast zooms, sliced cuts, topsy pans and turvy close ups you want to be sick... after 40 minutes, you have eaten your words and are beginning to think this is original and thrilling.

Danny Boyle directs with the right balance of tension and wit, never forgetting that violence begets violence as one thing leads to another.

The overall sense of menace the film seems to be aiming for never quite works the way it should.

Blair's sharp injection of pace helps to zip past any cliches so fast that you don't have much time to register them.