Sentence:  Boyle <WSD>revives</WSD> some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys' poignant boyhood in primary school. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.