Neds

Went to see this film at the Odeon Panton St in London.  It is set in 1970s Glasgow and profiles the descent of a young boy into gangland culture through to his late teens.  It is quite gritty and violent in parts, and quite depressing.  In addition to being the director, Peter Mullan (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, My name is Joe) also plays the drunken father of the family - I think some of it is almost autobiographical as according to his Wikipedia entry, his father was an alcoholic who became increasingly tyrannical and abusive.