Just perfect...

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Brilliant. The live footage is mind blowing. It captures the time perfectly. Ray Gange is spot on. A Clash fan must. If you don't get it, you just don't get it. I could never see this movie too many times. Joe Strummer is part Elvis, Dylan, Springstein, Guthrie. Mick Jones was the perfect composer to bring it all together. Paul Simminon was the perfect art director. Bernie (Sir Not Aprearing in this film) was the mad scientist. Topper (Bruce Lee) is one of the all time greats. Brigade Rosse. As far as I am concerned, the greatest rock movie of all time, though I do love Stop Making Sense and the Last Waltz. But once again, it's all about the live footage. It just reaffirms the complete brilliance of the only band that matters.

Put simply, this is awesome Clash footage of their late first album/early second album shows. I'd suggest getting a DVD version though, because having to fast forward through all the "plot" is really annoying after a while. I basically only watch it for the Clash footage, because Ray Gange's character is a real tool and practically unwatchable after once through.I must admit I love the scene when Joe is washing his Brigade Rosse shirt and he holds it up and widens his eyes when he's talking about it, like it's scary or something. It's also funny watching this gritty punk rocker scratch dirt off the shirt with his fingernail or Topper kicking the hell out of Ray in a yellow jumpsuit for no reason whatsoever.Joe comes off real well, Topper and Paul come off as party guys and Mick comes off as a real jerk. I don't know why, but this may be his jerk rock star coke phase, hence the goofy puffy shirt and vest ensembles. I heard he was a real nice guy though.

I still remember sitting in my living room, in front of the TV and I was getting quite bored. Several times throughout the film I got up and was ready to turn off because I thought it was about to end...but then suddenly, it carrys on. I only carried on watching due to curiosity. I think i was getting to a point where I was hoping Ray would get shot in the head from close range or something similarly exciting would happen.I love the Clash and have no critisism towards them, its just this film was abit pointless. Half the time, you don't know what Ray is talking about. If he was a friend of mine, I've have punched him in the face before I'd said "Hi" to him.Anyway, watch it if you want but I'm not anymore. I now have the incredibly hard task of selling the DVD to someone stupid enough. If I get 20p for it I'll be happy.

Rude boy is a brilliant "documentary" which displays both the excellent music of The Clash and the political situation in Britain in the late 70'sRay Gange is excellent as Ray a roadie to-be for The Clash. He does a good job in this film as does Joe Strummer and the rest of The Clash family. The highlight is probably the footage of the "rock against racism" tourDo not overlook this film, I recommend it to any punk enthusiast.