The Fall of Shug McCracken

After seeing director David Andrew Ward and writer Robbie Macallum's previous collaboration SIXTY CUPS OF COFFEE I was intrigued by the title THE FALL OF SHUG MCCRAKEN because it conjured up images of Glasgow a large town in the West of Scotland best known for its alcoholics and its quirky bold sense of humour . I was shocked to find that this short film was indeed set in Glasgow because I was under the impression both director and writer were of American patronage such was the sense of time and place of the diner setting of their previous setting

Again this is another quirky effort from the writer and the director featuring the eponymous Hugh " Shug McCracken who finds himself under suspicion of theft from the council's parks department . There is a slight problem to this and this the problem with so many films set in Scotland where everyone tries to emulate the style of Bill Forsyth , so much so that nearly every Scottish film appears to be made a machine that follows a formula and ends up feeling some what " samey " and for a short film it could have had a couple of minutes shaved off . Having said that once again Ward's strongest point is using a very effective musical score