Piggy

2014 ""It's a Terrible Thing That Happened""

Piggy

5.5 | 1h46m | R | en | Thriller

London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he's really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax.

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5.5 | 1h46m | R | en | Thriller | More Info

Released: May. 13,2014 | Released Producted By: Fulwell 73 Productions , DP Films Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Paul Anderson , Martin Compston , Ed Skrein

Director

Kieron Hawkes

Producted By

Fulwell 73 Productions , DP Films

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Ed Skrein

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Reviews

FountainPen I rate "Piggy" 2/10 because there are some flicks that are considerably worse than this unfortunate attempt at movie-making. I've alerted for spoilers simply because I gave away the drive in this pic --- it is a vengeance movie, poorly executed, with piggy disguises being the only novel element introduced to the palette. Many scenes are dull, too long, scripting sadly lacking in power & drive. Overall, a dull, depressing flick that is quickly and easily forgotten. A shame.

bazt-93964 Superb raw slice of urban banality. Great to see Martin Compton in an obscure little number like this - of course he has recently been in the spotlight as part of the popular BBC series Line of Duty. It's uncompromising but very watchable. Someone here was complaining about the soundtrack. Don't listen it's superb - by Bill Ryder Jones from just down the road here in Wirral.

weeallig96 I first saw Piggy two days ago and, from what I had heard of the film, wasn't expecting much. Therefore I was surprised when I was almost instantly sucked into the life of Joe. I felt frustration mixed with sympathy as I quickly realised his life as a human doormat. This was just as quickly lost as Piggy was introduced, a mysterious, eccentric character who is eager to help Joe exact revenge on his brothers killers. From the very first violent and exhilarating fatality by the hand of Joe's new partner, the film became a fast-paced, bloody revenge thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat until the ultimate twist. Although a bit far fetched at times, I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes a good, fast, gritty British thriller.

digitald-4 This is a good movie. I know its a good movie because it was (for me anyway) very disturbing. Bringing back painful scenes of youth I would sooner forget it was an interesting experience to relive those seens from the safe distance that movies can and do offer.In real life and from a psychological perspective in terms of the role's people can play out as by-product of any given environment (ref: Healing the shame that binds you: John Bradshaw). That it could be possible that when Joe's brother is killed, Joe could fill in the slot is absolutely possible. There is an odd tendency in life to take on the form of that which we fear most.. hence Joe turns into "not a" but "the very self-same" killer that killed his brother.So, there is interesting stuff here. A vivisection of the human psyche pitted against the question of what would you do if...? Or other questions like.. what master do you serve? Is your life mediocre? If so, whats your excuse? Whatever the case and whatever the questions the movie works. It does the job. As well, the acting in this movie is (ALL THE WAY AROUND) absolutely top notch. So you got excellent acting, photography, subject matter.. what more could you ask for? A movie about love? Now there's a scary topic for ya - if for no other reason than that love has always and will always win and will always get the last word - no exceptions.PS: Cheer up... Hollywood has yet to successfully put a monkey on film.