Boston Kickout review – John Simm and Andrew Lincoln among 90s teens tearing around Stevenage

I t can be fascinating to see established actors’ early work and in this British drama from 1995, we get John Simm (Life on Mars), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) and Marc Warren (Hustle), all showing early promise as lads in their late teens trying to figure out what to do with their lives. There’s also the melancholy sensation of watching actors with just as much potential who didn’t enjoy the same success.

Where Boston Kickout really stands out is in its depiction of Stevenage in Hertfordshire; the sort of in-between place rarely depicted in British cinema that possesses neither the affluence of the home counties nor the gritty “realness” of the north of England. But here Stevenage feels wonderfully real; these guys aren’t living in slums, but nobody has a mansion either. It cap