steven jones This is one of my favourite all time films, it is funny, irreverent, unexpected, gritty, real in a surreal way and very very funny. Maybe not everyone got it.. maybe not everyone has been to Wales.. but it captures it so accurately, in a comic book yet real way. It is full of tender moments as well as being brutal and immoral. So many jokes, so many visual gags, and so many really warm and well imagined characters. It is two fingers up to Hollywood, to formulaic movies.. it is in a whole new genre of it own.From the very first scene to its finale it is rich in entertainment, shock, surprise, humour and emotion. This is such a good film... I love it!

Tweekums I recall this being referred to as the Welsh attempt at 'Trainspotting' when it first came out; presumably because it came out soon after, took place in a Celtic country and featured drugs... this is an unfair comparison as they are very different films. Set in Swansea it follows two pairs of men; the Lewis Brothers, a couple of layabout car thieves with a taste for class B drugs; and Terry and Greyo, a couple of bent coppers getting involved in the cocaine trade with local Nouveau riche business man Bryn Cartwright. After the Lewis boys hit Terry's car he is determined to get his revenge. The boys meanwhile have got it in for Bryn after he refuses to pay any compensation when their father is hurt on one of his business sites. They start off their cycle of revenge by urinating on Bryn's daughter as she sings at the local karaoke night... things quickly escalate to killing pets and ultimately the boys' parents and sister are killed when Terry is trying to set fire to their dog... from then on things get darker as the boys set about getting their revenge and Terry tries to find somebody else to blame.As stated before this is not 'Trainspotting' so if you expect something like that you will be disappointed, it is however very funny for the most part although you are likely to suffer mood whiplash half way through when people start dying. Real life brothers Llyr and Rhys Ifans do well as the Lewis brothers, bringing a real sense of anarchy to the roles, Dougray Scott is the other most notable actor; bringing a sense of menace to the part of Terry while still being funny. While it is for the most part fairly funny there are few genuinely likable characters; even the ones we are meant to like are criminals! If you are easily offended this probably isn't the film for you but if you aren't put off by a lot of swearing and some fairly offensive behaviour you should have a good laugh.

trystan-jones-1 During my tenure as chief projectionist of the Commodore Cinema, Aberystwyth, the only film to have received a standing ovation on more than one night for a week's screening. It's a university town so we have a good mix of local punters, students and holiday people. I rest my case.The nineties was, on the whole, a good decade for cinema I think. All we seem to have had since then is a load of cgi filled soulless film equivalent of a fast food outlet (Hancock?). Maybe it's just me getting older.I checked out the "hated it" rating for Twin Town tonight, and was pleasantly surprised to see only two negative reviews receiving two stars or less. Bloody hell. Some bugger's just nicked my car..............

bob the moo Port Talbot, Wales. Dropout brothers Julian and Jeremy spend all their time bickering and joy riding. Meanwhile bent coppers Terry and Greyo are involved with local contractor Cartwright in a drugs deal. When the boy's father is injured doing a job for Cartwright he refuses them any compensation, leading to a series of cruel pranks by the boys that escalates into arson and murder.This film is clearly meant to cash in on the youf market that Trainspotting uncovered. However this is miles away from that – instead it plays like a caper film with the moral compass removed. The story doesn't have any `heroes' to speak off – instead we have two yobs who we are supposed to support. In Trainspotting the characters are unpleasant, but that's the point – we're not supposed to admire them. Here we're supposed to like the twins despite the fact that they are as nasty and as unpleasant as the `bad guys'. The story is poor – it has funny dialogue but with no likeable characters it's really hard to care about who dies – in fact the film never looks at the damage the death of innocents causes and it obviously doesn't care about the deaths.Despite the poor story and construction the actors are OK. Both Evans and Ifans have a good energy that gives some funny moments despite have characters you wouldn't help if you saw them lying in the street. Of the rest Dougray Scott has the best character – he's funny and cruel and a good comedy baddie – certainly better than in MI2.Overall it's a cruel little film. The yob energy and humour adds some appeal but the film lacks morals and just tries to get by by being loud and abusive.