Danny, a member of the working class, is angry and frustrated at the rough deal he faces.
When he confronts Conrad, a member of today's privileged elite, he aims to teach him and his kind a lesson they will never forget.
Holding Conrad and his family hostage, Danny and his pals force Conrad into a deadly game of chance.
Danny's master plan is to kick-start a revolution by streaming attacks against the super-rich one percent on the web.
His ultimate goal? To terrify the elite into bringing about change.
Danny's cohorts, however, have other ideas........
So forgive me if i'm wrong then, Danny has it against the elite because he never really achieved anything at school? Never had any ambition? Is it the elites fault that he most probably sat on his backside all day watching mind numbing TV and propaganda on social network sites before the pub opened?
Give me a break Mr. Film maker.
The writer of this filth certainly has a chip on their shoulder about something, whether it be the impending change the UK is facing, or other political propaganda, the film does nothing more than to titillate people who have been given a 'raw deal' with life.
It's not a rich persons fault, no matter how many flashy edits and flashbacks you can put in a film. Life can be hard sometimes, but why should you pick on the rich? Envy is a cardinal sin, and making the rich suffer for your hardship just makes you look like the desperate fool you are.
There's no subliminal message here about government revelations, it's just a piece of trash like The Sun newspaper to give the loud wideboys down the pub something to talk about other than football and women to make them believe they have a bit of culture.
do yourself a favour mate, avoid this pap, it'll just make you more angry at a world that you have no right to be angry with in the first place.
One of the most offensive pieces of 'film' I have ever seen.
Next time, have some salt for that chip, and then go and get some humble pie.
Us and Them
2017
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Plot summary
Angry and frustrated, working class Danny aims to kick start a revolution by turning the tables on the establishment with a deadly game of chance.
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Exploitative nonsense for the white van man....
It's not exactly new, and it's flawed, but it's short and pretty effective
I'm not writing any spoilers when I say that "Us and Them" is about the vast gap between the 0.1 percenters and the other 99.9 percent of us. It's political and philosophical arguing points shouldn't be anything new to anybody at this point in time.
For various reasons, I think I can fairly say that I am reasonably familiar with both of the extreme ends of the socio-economic spectrum of modern developed economies. I have absolutely no love for the "wealth-creators" in our society, as I personally view those at the very top as vastly financially over-compensated, not to mention often the subject of unwarranted slavish admiration (sometimes for something as trivial as playing with a ball). It isn't even a simple philosophical discussion when you're talking about the so-called, supposedly, "self-made" ones. I've met any number of individuals in my life who could've been successful hedge fund managers or investment bankers given different breaks in life, although that is saying as much or as little about hedge fund managers and investment bankers as it is of them.
Our current president is more than ample proof that you don't have to be any kind of special genius to be a billionaire, although being a psychopath is a likely a step in the right direction. Something's wrong when the best your supporters can offer is, "I don't think he's a good human being, but he's doing what I want." I suppose it doesn't matter when you're about to get "raptured" out of this mess, leaving the rest of us "left behind" to be tormented or "tribulated" or whatever. On a tangent, I find it impossible not to see a particularly unappealing "loving couple" in this movie as unmistakable stand-ins for Ivanka and Jared.
The other side of the coin though is that my familiarity with the bottom of the socio-economic ladder is why this movie worked so well for me. Harshly put, my experience is that those less blessed in life are usually not the "salt of the earth". Still, it tears at my heart every time I see a panhandler (and since the economic downturn of 2000, they seem to be everywhere). I'm a firm atheist; however, homeless people always leave me feeling, "There but for the grace of God go I." The conflict between the characters from these two very imperfect social factions is why this short, sporadically intense and violent film held me attention so firmly. (I realize that I may be coming across as a cowardly, wishy-washy, middle-of-the-roader, but then I'm a midwestern American, so what do you expect.)
Therefore, this pitch-dark comedy conveyed my current highly ambiguous view of humanity so well that I gave it an extra star or two, setting aside any qualms about the originality of the plot, excessive preachiness, or run-of-the-mill production values. Simply put, "I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do, so I'll leave it up to you."
Spellbinding
Jack Roth is outstanding in this film and his performance, together with Tim Bentinck's carries this thriller. Some humorous one liners. Current films do not deal with the issues of the widening social divide and the disenfranchised so this film is refreshing albeit a bit raw. Overall I enjoyed it and it gave much food for thought.