Dean, Duncan and DJ Beatroot are teenage pals from Glasgow who embark on the character-building camping trip – based on a real-life program – known as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, where foraging, teamwork and orienteering are the order of the day. Eager to cut loose and smoke weed in the Scottish Highlands, the trio finds themselves paired with straight-laced Ian, a fellow camper determined to play by the rules. After veering off-path into remote farmland that’s worlds away from their urban comfort zone, the boys find themselves hunted down by a shadowy force hell-bent on extinguishing their futures.
With buzz coming out of Sitges and SXSW (Midnighter Audience Award winner), and having been snatched up by Amazon Studios’ for release, it’s safe to say this one has been on my radar. But until today, all we had was a clip and the praise of several journalists.
“An off-the-hook black comedy.”– Peter Debruge, Variety
“A hilarious retort to the critics of youth and a rousing late night movie for a new generation.”– Joe Blessing, The Playlist“
The hippest, wildest, most energetic genre blowout to come from the UK sinceAttack The Block.”– Matt Donato, Slash Film
Now with a new trailer and name, this delightfully dumb, and breathtakingly stunning coming of age tale has me nodding in agreement.
From writer-director Ninian Doff – making his feature debut after a slew of award-winning music videos and short films for artists including Run the Jewels, Miike Snow, Migos, and Mykki Blanco – comes an anarchic satire of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit droppings that pits the youth of tomorrow against the status quo of yesterday. Get Duked! stars Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickey, Georgie Glen, James Cosmo and a breakout young cast featuring Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon, and Lewis Gribben.
Get Duked! will premiere on Amazon Prime Video, August 28th, 2020.
Check out the poster below and comment your thoughts!
