Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5182 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-06-28
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
• Dubbed in: French, Italian, Russian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Synopsis
A well-made drama based on the life of the professional British criminal John McVicar, and based on his autobiography. Starring Roger Daltrey as the eponymous anti-hero, McVicar realistically depicts many of the often shocking and brutal aspects of prison life, and his eventual rehabilitation. Porridge this ain't.

Customer Reviews

Top crime 'Brit Flick'
Anyone who loves British films will love this.
A fantastic film that is at times violent, sentimental and hilariously funny with some great diologue that you will find yourself quoting again and again, (or is it just me?)
The cast is full of characters from the Geordie screws to the London Gangsters who are banged up in Durham Prison.
Roger Daltrey is great in the title role and the soundtrack is full of some seriously good rock songs that really relate to the story. This film for some reason is not as well known as Scum and Quadrophenia but is up there with both as a classic movie of this era.

Dinner Mcvicar!!!
Im in my thirties now and this has been my favourite film since a teenager! This is a true British movie that has been overlooked in the past but is in the same genre as Scum or Caines 1960s flicks. I put it into the category of a gritty arts film. It has a powerful soundtrack and agressive & forceful acting, even though the actual physical violence is none existant.....it is implied which make this film even more powerful.

Buy this film immediately....I guarantee you wont be disappointed! I only wish Mcvicar was available on DVD as my old VHS tape has now worn out as I have watched it again and again!!

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS FILM!!!
He is sentenced to 23 years but won't accept a day of it
and as a consequence society has deserved a well earned break from his activities.

A hidden gem of a film in which Daltrey and Faith combine to produce a great double act. The film opens with the powerful soundtrack of 'Free Me' as McVicar is driven over the moors in a Ford Cortina on his way to his new prison home.

Full of great lines such as 'We don't want you Macaroning you pants again do we?', 'Would you like eggs with that that John?' and 'I want my f***in' trainers!'.

We are introduced to a brutal and harsh prison world and the people who inhabit it. Jeffrey's and his Uncle Ronnie, Collins, and of course John and Wally.

So buy this film now, make yourself a nice pot of Rosie and you'll not be going home because you'll be having a wonderful time.