Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their family. When their father, Fatty, is injured while working on a roof for local kingpin Bryn Cartwright, they try in vain to claim compensation. Thus begins a campaign of terror, which local policemen Terry and Grayo are ill-equipped to prevent, involved as they are in a drugs deal with Cartwright.
Acting
Rhys and Llŷr Ifans are genuinely unhinged — real brothers, real chaos.
Writing
Dialogue so aggressively regional it needs subtitles and a stiff drink.
Direction
Kevin Allen shoots Swansea like a fever dream of chip shops and violence.
Director
Kevin Allen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rhys and Llŷr Ifans are actual brothers; their real-life dynamic made the casting obvious and the insurance expensive.
Famously loathed by Swansea's tourism board upon release, then quietly adopted as cult heritage. The 'pretty shitty city' tagline became weirdly proud local identity.
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