K-Shop

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.1K

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Darren Morfitt, Reece Noi, Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar, Scot Williams, Ewen MacIntosh, Daniel Wilkinson, Samantha Lyden, and Ziad Abaza in K-Shop (2016)

After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah's world is plunged into darkness. Forced into running the family kebab shop alone, Salah struggles to manage the increasingly rowdy nightlife. When a fight with an angry customer goes fatally wrong, he finds himself with a dead body on his hands. Having no faith in the authorities, Salah disposes of the body in the one place he knows best: the kebabs. As the shop's gullible customers devour the new recipe, Salah develops a taste for the kill and seizes the opportunity to turn vigilante, seeking vengeance for the abusive drunkards plaguing the streets.

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Crime Horror Thriller

A kebab shop owner's son, Salah, turns vigilante after his father's death in an effort to clean up the relentless onslaught of boozed up thrill seekers waging war on his doorstep.A kebab shop owner's son, Salah, turns vigilante after his father's death in an effort to clean up the relentless onslaught of boozed up thrill seekers waging war on his doorstep.A kebab shop owner's son, Salah, turns vigilante after his father's death in an effort to clean up the relentless onslaught of boozed up thrill seekers waging war on his doorstep.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations

Trivia
Filmed in and around Bournemouth on the South Coast of England, many shots were real candid shots of late night party-goers in the town over the weekends.

Goofs
While Salah is claiming his first victim, he has flashbacks...one of which is his dad being pushed and subsequently killed. As Salah was not around when the attack occurred, he would not have any visual reference for a flashback.

Connections
Features Family Fortunes (1980)

Soundtracks
Living for the Weekend
Written by Rich Archer (as Richard Archer)
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd
Performed by Hard-Fi

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Review

Featured review

8/10

"Why do you think it is acceptable to behave the way you do?"

I had no idea what type of film this was before I watched it, but I am now a fan of everyone involved with this picture. I often wonder what it would be like if someone took it upon himself to purge the world of awful people, people who get drunk and belligerent, people who enter stores and cause a disturbance, people who seem to have been raised by wild pigs in the forest and have no semblance of how to behave in a public setting. The guy in this film has the right idea; chop them up, and feed them to the other pigs. This sounds like a great set-up, and I am glad that someone finally took it upon himself to realize this in an incredibly effective film.

This movie was incredibly well-acted, the gore was generous and well done, and the script was interesting without being overtly preachy. Overall, it was the perfect movie anyone could have made based on the premise. The one sour note is the shift in tone towards the end of the film. It is not bad, per se, it just really threw me off, emotionally. I will be keeping a close eye on the creative team behind this movie. They deserve as much praise as the film industry can muster.