“No one is evil, they just make very bad decisions. And no one has super powers, they only have their street smarts.”

— Olly Blackburn

[Eye for Film, Giving British films some Punch, http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature.php?id=545, Amber, Wilkinson, 18 July 2008, 23 February 2012, www.eyeforfilm.co.uk]

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