Rough Stuff

Rating: 6/10 (13 April 2008)

This is one unpleasant film: to think that large groups of youths (male and female) are deriving entertainment from seeing savage fights is reminiscent of the fight culture of the 1840s in the USA - as shown in "Far and Away". The sole difference is that this feral culture is being carried in the 2000s (160+ years later) with the Internet and mobile phones being used as modern-day enhancements.
For me, this scenario is the most repugnant part of the film - even more so than the feral Ryan McCarthy, the villain (relatively speaking) of the film.
This is not the film to be showing to your children after a church service.