A curious, dark farce set in the rundown seaside town of Swansea, Wales, whose viciously anarchic impulses are more disturbing than humorous. Julian and Jeremy Lewis (real-life brothers Llyr Evans and Rhys Ifans) -- brothers whom everyone calls "the
twins" for no sensible reason -- are die-hard hell-raisers. They're unrepentant car thieves, penny-ante drug dealers, layabouts, prank-pullers and all-around snotty little creeps. They run afoul of self-important local big-shot Bryn Cartwright (William Thomas) and trigger a feud that escalates
brutally after bad cop Terry (Dougray Scott) tries to kill their dog and winds up doing much worse. This rather sour comedy by a...
Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
99 mins