![]() The film is uneven in tone, too often switching from comedy to violence. Wiggsy is the hothead whose actions signify that he is losing touch with reality, maybe due to the fact that his love life has gone awry. Petrie who so often plays the snivelling villain gives a nicely understated performance as the god fearing ref who quickly figures that his kidnappers are barking mad as well as inept. The film is obviously inspired by The King of Comedy. Cliff is perplexed and horrified that some pub banter has gone badly wrong. Wiggsy decides to kidnap the referee (Alastair Petrie) and get him to admit that he made a mistake in disallowing the goal. Their goal was disallowed and soon after the other side scored. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment. ![]() Football fans Wiggsy (Warren Brown) and Cliff (Greg McHugh) are sick as a parrot when on the last day of the season, their football team is relegated. The Yellow Birds (2017) R 94 min Drama, War 5.7 Rate 56 Metascore Two young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. Kicking Off is a low budget black comedy with a lot of kinetic energy and visual trickery that disguises the fact that the profanity filled muddled screenplay has ran out of steam. ![]()
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