Twist

2021

Action / Drama / Thriller

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 15% · 34 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 15%
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 3305 3.3K

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Plot summary

A Dickens classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.

Director

Martin Owen Photo
Martin Owen

Top cast

Lena Headey Photo
Lena Headey as Sikes
Michael Caine Photo
Michael Caine as Fagin
Rick Warden Photo
Rick Warden as Auctioneer
Jon Wennington Photo
Jon Wennington as Auction Member
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848.2 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 32 min
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811.63 MB
1280*538
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.7 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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24 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.63 GB
1904*800
English 5.1
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by remedy305 5 / 10

Strange twist

Updating the classics has always been a double edged sword. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. In this adaptation Dicken's novel is transported to modern London with street smart kids working for an irrascible Fagin played by Michael Caine. Large chunks are missed out of the original and characters are adjusted. Sykes is a woman and Nancy is the same age as Oliver. Taken as a stand alone this movie is not a bad effort. Some of the running over London's rooftops is good fun. Where the movie suffers is in continuity. Where are we in Dickens script.....or otherwise. But the only real problem is the portrayal of Sykes. Playing him as a Lesbian woman is quite a good idea but she is just not nasty enough. Mean in spirit, action and words but really just another thug with a gun. Sykes in the book or portrayed by Reed was a vicious bully but also a very complicated charactacter. This new Sykes tries to be nasty but comes across as flat and one dimentional. I enjoyed the movie, especially the portrayal of a modern street gang, but all seriously lacking the guts of the original.
Reviewed by DeadMansTrousers 5 / 10

Not as bad as people are making it out to be.

I will start out by saying that I completely agree, this film clearly struggles with finding an audience and is clearly confused with who it's meant to appeal to. The violence it's "watered down/cartoonish" enough for a PG rating but with all the swearing (frequent uses of the four letter words including an F bomb) it wouldn't get a PG rating in the US. Another thing I found strange was the soundtrack which kept jumping between modern day hip hop and 90s-00s britpop, which further raised the question...Who is this film meant to appeal to?I would in no way call this movie terrible as many of the reviews suggest. It's your standard paint by numbers art caper set to the story of Oliver Twist with a ridiculous amount of parkour added in. Parts of the movie are fun but nothing is really original, it feels like the type of movie you could watch on TV and not feel like you wasted your time. That's the level of entertainment I received from it at least...
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