The Fence

2022

Action / Comedy / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 93% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1014 1K

racism council estate bristol 1980s solvent abuse

Plot summary

The story kicks off on Hartcliffe council estate in Bristol during the early 1980s. It follows Steven Knight, a working-class boy who has his motorbike stolen the day he buys it. Teaming up with his scoundrel friends he desperately tries to track it down before it's gone for good.

Director

William Stone Photo
William Stone

Top cast

Jayde Adams Photo
Jayde Adams as Miss Bourne
Joe Sims Photo
Joe Sims as Mr. Arnold
Eugene Simon Photo
Eugene Simon as Andrew Knight
Sally Phillips Photo
Sally Phillips as Sharon Knight
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868.85 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   bg   cz   hr   hu   mk   pl   ro   sl   sr  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 2
1.74 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   bg   cz   hr   hu   mk   pl   ro   sl   sr  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by g-hbe 8 / 10

Neat.

An entertaining little film about the highs and lows (mainly lows) of council estate life in the 80's. Lots of low level, petty dealings going on and some serious violence including the death of a friend from drug use, and when a motorbike goes missing things get more serious. Great 80's vibe and soundtrack and there are some really smart 70's cars on show, including the Ford Escort 2 litre and - right at the end of the film - Gibsy's beautiful green Triumph. Some good lines too, including 'brown bread? I didn't know you were GAY!' Some of the dialogue is difficult to follow due to the actors' mumbled delivery.
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

The Fence

"Steven" (David Perkins) tries to help his mum get by, by working for a local butcher and then flogging a few illicitly caught trout to a local restaurant now and again. The dad (Neil Berrett) is pretty much a waste of space and his brother "Andrew" (Eugene Simon) is only just out on parole - adding to the headaches of their mother "Sharon" (a few, brief, appearances from Sally Phillips). "Steven" is quite a decent cove as it happens, and has saved up for his dream motorbike - well, it's more of a glorified moped, really. Anyway, he buys it, takes it for a hurl, leaves it outside his house and it's pinched. The police don't care, so he and his brother decide to track it down - easily done as it happens - and that puts in train a series of rather predictable, sometimes comically violent, daft escapades as the brothers tackle the local bullies, the local kingpin and make it clear that their family is not one to be messed with. It helps that it is set in Bristol - a more genteel environment for the cast on screen here. This would not have worked in a gritty, more working class city, but here you can overlook the "posh-boy" elements of the casting and just enjoy what is a quite well written and decently directed low-budget feature. The ending is a wee bit farcical, but there's familial chemistry to be seen here and the acting, though not likely to garner a BAFTA, makes for an engaging look at a family looking out for each other. No, you won't remember it afterwards - but it is worth a watch and you're bound to recall some of the music if you were around in the eighties.
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