Us and Them

In a crass allegory of the class divide, a goonish bunch of "have-nots" wheedle their way into a house of "haves", and subject the occupants to an escalating mix of mayhem, torture and political diatribe. Hard to know which is worse. Put kindly, there's a hint of Michael Haneke's Funny Games about the scenario, only minus the style and that defining moment of surreal genius. Put less kindly, there's a whiff of The Purge, only low budget and British, and with an uncomfortable undercurrent of black comedy. Even a strong performance from Jack Roth (son of Tim) as head goon Danny cannot deflect from the fact this is a shouty home-invasion thriller in which the politics espoused are as simplistic as its title.