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  • 2013
  • TV-MA
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  • 2013
  • TV-MA
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  • 1 h 30 m

Summary The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organizers. In Manchester, best friends Matt and Dylan are in their early 20s and want to be a part of this social scene. They are taken on a wild journey from the exclusive VIP rooms of London clubs to the outrageous...

Directed By: Karl Golden

Written By: Chris Coghill

  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 30 m

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Summary The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organizers. In Manchester, best friends Matt and Dylan are in their early 20s and want to be a part of this social scene. They are taken on a wild journey from the exclusive VIP rooms of London clubs to the outrageous...

Directed By: Karl Golden

Written By: Chris Coghill

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Aug 26, 2013
Every turn Karl Golden’s cheeky-chappie comedy-drama about the early-Nineties rave scene takes is a little less original or convincing.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
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Aug 26, 2013
The leads gurn gamely, Ben Batt’s villain oozes menace and Golden directs energetically, but the climactic twists are as convincing as pills made of washing powder.
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Aug 26, 2013
A bang-on soundtrack will make the hairs on ex-ravers' necks stand up. The plot will have the opposite effect.
By Damon Wise FULL REVIEW
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Aug 26, 2013
It's rammed with cliches and silliness and conforms to a lot of stereotypes, the most suspect being the obligatory scene in Ibiza whose only purpose is to show loads of young women with no tops on.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
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Aug 26, 2013
From the opening voiceover to the out-of-their-heads party scenes, it’s utterly generic.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Benchmark Films
Release Date Sep 20, 2013
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline The exploits of two friends who make the move from partying at illegal warehouse raves to becoming successful promoters at the peak of the Manchester, Amsterdam and Ibiza rave scene in the early 90's.
Website http://www.facebook.com/weekendermovie
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