Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Console best movie i've ever seen.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Boyd Jordan, Little Nell, Jayne County and countless other wonderful characters of the time are captured by an artist ... Artists rarely see whats really there and Jarman missed Punk by a mile with this ... There are parts that are unforgettable ... Jordans dance being the Stand Out ... But what we have here is a film maker that has no idea of how to make a film narrative that would communicate his ideas ... If you want to see Jarmans world watch "The Alternative Miss World" which is much more entertaining, though not one of his films obviously ... Only watch this mess for some wonderful portraits of the people of the time ... Jarman did things a lot better with "Last of England"

soundchaser010 This movie is very much of its time, and very British, so some subtleties might be lost on foreigners (as me). A few things may seem dated or naive now, but in 1977 they must have been quite relevant. Just take a newspaper from that time and it looked as if punk might bring down the establishment single-handedly. The amateurish aspects of the movie go well with the punk aesthetic, and the performances of the more trained actors make up for the others. Jordan was quite a revelation if you think she was in charge of a clothes shop and had no acting experience apart from being on stage with the Sex Pistols. The character of Borgia Ginz is quite amusing. Jenny Runacre is in my opinion excellent all along (she plays two roles). The acting and dialog in the final scene, when she talks with Dee as Queen Elizabeth I and set to Brian Eno's music, is really nice. What I find puzzling about this is, why would a punk movie portray royalty in such a likable way ? Maybe the message is, "we're not against royalty per se, we're against the way royalty is and behaves today". But this is just my guess.

h_wilson92 I have seen all of Derek Jarman's movies and this one is by far his best.This is the first British punk film and probably the best one that has ever been done.It was very difficult to describe this movie as it has many strange images from beginning to end.It is one of the most amazing movies.If you know Derek Jarman's style of directing then you will know he doesn't follow other director's ways of directing.This movie has a fantastic score from Adam and the Ants and many others.If you don't like nudity,sex,drugs and violence then do not watch this movie.This movie is very underrated.Watching this movie is a very rare experience that will come very few times in your life.I would recommend this movie to all punk fans rating: 10/10

Joseph Sylvers Queen Elizabeth asks her court alchemist to show her a vision of England in the future, and the alchemist summons a angle/spirit guide(played by Adam Ant) who transports her to London 400 years into the future where it is a post apacalyptic wasteland. The story then follows a group of nihilistic girl punks who all get lengthy monologues(as does almost every character) on British history, art, sex, love, the music industry, anarchy, God, the end of western civilization etc, and their dealings with a mass media mogul who virtually controls the city, sadistic fascist police, and each other. All of the dialogue between the Queen, her alchemist, and the spirit is all in poetic verse, while all of the future talking is mostly cockney sloganeering which was so pretentious in the first couple of scenes I almost turned it off. However it really picked up after about the first fifteen minutes and you barely notice it. It's not really a film about punk so much as it is a film about the breakdown of civilization, which uses the punk scene as vehicle for the metaphor. It was actually a lot better than I thought it would be, I definitely recommend it for those of you interested in this sort of thing. Recording legend Brian Eno also does the score, and if that doesn't sweeten to pot for your to watch this, nothing will. Jarman has had many successes since, but none this vital, at least not for me.