Highbrow Lowbrow: The Reckoning vs Dirty Weekend

The latest episode of Highbrow Lowbrow is now live. Today’s theme is revenge films. Yup, getting even is better than getting mad. My choice is The Reckoning starring the wonderful, irascible, mercurial British actor Nicol Williamson. Williamson plays Michael Marler, a successful London businessman who returns to his home town of Liverpool to visit his ailing father, only to discover his father is dead and was murdered by a local thug. Marler will risk everything he has to exact revenge on his father’s killer.

My podcast co-host Dan Slattery’s pick is Dirty Weekend. One of the best films directed by Michael Winner, Dirty Weekend is a female vigilante ‘Dirty Harriet’ tale based on a novel by Helen Zahavi. Lia Williams plays Bella, a woman who goes on a killing spree after deciding she’s ‘had enough’ of daily misogyny.

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