Jeanskynebu
the audience applauded
Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Taraparain
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
brandonsites1981
Vile, violent, but intelligent thriller about a writer for an expose newspaper shocked to discover that everybody he was going to ruin in the press is turning up dead and all the clues point to him as the killer.The premise may not sound like much, but just give this film a chance and watch it. You'll be surprised. It goes in directions that you would never expect, yet they are all credible. It also doesn't go for the easy answers in trying to wrap up it's little mystery. As good as the whole film was I never expected them to create a good ending for it, but yet again the script surprised me there too. A very good film.Rated R; Graphic Violence, Profanity, Drug Use, Adult Themes, Sexuality.
illitrate
i'm a big fan of the book - not necessarily Iain Bank's best, but definitely top 5. this film manages to keep all of the important parts of the story, cramming it into 100 minutes without giving the ending away until... well the end. very enjoyable, more so because i'd read the book, but couldn't remember the ending till i saw it. well acted by a stunning cast and the script kept what i'd call the Banks'iness of the book. well worth watching, whether you've read the book or not. the only downside is that the dvd could do with more extras.
eric.childs
Brave yet flawed adaption of Iain Banks' dark novel. The characters appear flat as they wade through some bland dialogue. Jonny Lee Miller goes through the remarkable events as if he were buying socks. The shocks and surprises fail to shock or surprise. A more full on darker thrust would have prevented this from resembling a poor episode of Taggart. Well done for having a go and well done for keeping it in Scotland rather than moving it to another locale.
jantobi
"Complicity" is the second Iain Banks novel turned into a film, but while it is made for the big screen, it does not live up to the standards set by BBC's mini series "The Crow Road". While it is an entertaining and gripping thriller set in Edinburgh and the Highlands, it ultimately fails to convey the spirit of the book. The cast are good, though, and the story is excellent.It looks like a TV film, and while it is not exactly a wasted opportunity to bring Iain Banks to the cinema, it is slightly disappointing, although still worth watching.