Directed by: Garth Jennings
Staring: Will Poulter & Bill Milner
This film tells the story of two young boys in 1980’s Britain who are both excluded from school for different reasons. They are brought together by the idea of remaking the first Rambo film, ‘First Blood’, using a VHS camcorder of the time.
Both boys have no father in their lives. One has left home and the other has tragically died young.
Rambo is their surrogate father as they play in the scrubland and disused factories near their homes. It is a wonderful and moving recreation of the age when children had more freedom and nature took the place of today’s video games. This film was well received at its screening at the National Film Theatre and has received the highest audience ratings at other screenings.