The Riot Club Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since the topic did sound intriguing, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, unfortunately, even though the material definitely had some potential, I’m afraid it never really worked though. I think the main issue was that Lone Scherfig had just too much contempt regarding the guys involved in this club. Indeed, even though I understand why she would despise them, I think a more subtle approach would have been more interesting or, at least, more rewarding. As a result, you never really rule for any of them and I never had the feeling that their club was anything amazing. I mean, basically, they went to a restaurant and they got massively drunk which is something anybody could do without being part of such supposedly ‘elite’ club. In fact, Scherfig went further by emasculating these characters even more by bringing their sex exploits to zero as they didn’t go further then humiliating 2 girls. By the way, they spent way too much time on the romantic relationship involving Miles Richards and Lauren. Indeed, it was just too generic and, if they really wanted one of them to have a girlfriend, sure, why not? But then he should have had this girlfriend right from the start. There was also the ending scene which displayed that the shenanigans happening within the club didn’t actually matter. Indeed, what really mattered was that these f*ckers would then eventually look out for each other and, in fact, would rule over Great Britain, no less than that. Eventually, this turn of event turned out to be more intriguing than watching a bunch of spoiled brats getting endlessly drunk and made the whole thing even more pointless. Anyway, to conclude, even if the damned thing never really worked, it was still an interesting watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.