Post by london777 on Jun 16, 2017 22:19:40 GMT
I can't speak for you Londoners, though I have to say I haven't seen any English film before 1966 that had that level of graphic violence - but maybe there is one or more.
Probably not. We are not big on violence in England. Backward of us, I know.
From my birth in 1940 to the time I emigrated to Devil's Island in 2008, I never saw a firearm except holstered on ceremonial occasions or the military on guard or in transit. And for two decades of that stretch I lived in Central London. I am pretty sure I never knew anyone who owned one.
Very different where I live now. The very first time I went to the bank I was alarmed to see some scruffy bandido types on the front steps screaming and waving shotguns. I thought a hold-up was in progress. I learned later that they were bank security guards (no uniforms) arguing over a small win on the lottery. Apparently the one holding the ticket had spent his share, and some of theirs, on rum and it was turning nasty.