Filth (2013)

	Also Known As: Drecksau
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Jon S. Baird
	Actors: James McAvoy
	Country: GB
	Genre: Black Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 15.10.2013, Schauburg, OV Sneak preview
Synopsis: Bruce Robertson, a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox, Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a crippling drug habit and suspicious colleagues start to take their toll on his sanity. The question is: can he keep his grip on reality long enough to disentangle himself from the filth?
Review: The storyline is very good. I first got introduced to a guy behaving like a bastard sometimes but having otherwise just a critical view point on his environment and on himself. Slowly I got introduced his feminine alter ego, apparently ex-wife. Slowly but definitely and at some time very abruptly, there is a big turn and all the pieces of doubt build a puzzle. The acting of James McAvoy is great in his multiple aspects. Some of his quotes are really greatly placed at the right time. Full of black humour that I like :) The cut style is a bit inheriting Guy Ritchie with fast sequences with lots of cuts. But this alternate with long takes to get a deeper view in the psychology of the main character. The directing does not show anything special but the big picture is very good.
Rating: 7 /10 As the German cover looks much better than the British one, you got it here as well.