SCUM 2 disc collectors Edition

Both the made-for-tv and cinema release versions of this hard hitting story are included in this package. The inhumane treatment of young offenders is brutally portrayed in both films to the extent that you might think that this could never have happened in a civilised society. Violence is the norm and even when any vestige of sympathy is shown, it is quickly dispelled. The borstal boys quickly learn that they are in a lose-lose situation. Even hard man Carlin, the "Daddy" cannot beat the system where even a suicide is treated with apathy by the officers. These are two gripping films, harsh indictments of a system which served only to brutalise teenagers who were already accustomed to lives of violence. The first dics shows the BBC version, banned for so many years and the second disc is the cinema release. They differ slightly and it is interesting to note that the banned BBC version does not contain any swearing so the ban was not on the grounds of the dialogue but the intensity of the violence. The cinema version is peppered with swear words and, curiously, was shown on t.v. before the ban was finally lifted on the original television version.