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3/4
If... review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/18/12
A dark satyr about the rules of an English school headed by strict disciplinarian Rowntree (Robert Swann). Rebel Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) is fed-up and takes action against the unruly authoritarians. Imagine your most hated tradition, practice, teacher or dean, what's the worst thing you can do to get even? This film answers it and violently. Superb acting and thought provoking screenplay with lines from Mick - "One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place." "War is the last possible creative act." "When do we live? That's what I want to know." Pace is somewhat dull in the beginning. One of the best rebel films, If... speaks volumes about lack of creativity in the school system for discipline, attitudes, ethics and rebellion.
