REMEMBRANCE is a low budget slice of drama from the early days of Channel 4, charting the misadventures of a group of sailors on shore leave in Plymouth in the early 1980s. It has a gritty, on-the-street vibe and lots of sub-plots spread out between the various characters. It's one of those films where there are in fact a few too many different characters, so that narrative constantly chops and changes between storylines. Romance, rivalry, duty and morals are the order of the day here. The main reason people will want to watch this these days is to see some well-known faces in early roles. Timothy Spall is youthful and slim and John Altman has the same bad boy charisma that he bought to Nick Cotton. Best of all is Gary Oldman, playing an on-the-edge character even at this early stage of his career.
Review of Remembrance
