Synopsis
Pistol (2022) is Danny Boyle's Sex Pistols miniseries, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Six episodes trace three chaotic years in which a handful of working-class London kids tore up the British music scene.
The story runs through guitarist Steve Jones (Toby Wallace) — it's adapted from his own memoir, so this is his version of events. Around him: Johnny Rotten sneering into the mic (Anson Boon), sharp-tongued manager Malcolm McLaren (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), and a fragile Sid Vicious (Louis Partridge) whose arc ends too soon. Maisie Williams turns up as Jordan, the shop-girl-turned-punk-icon from the King's Road. Squats, screaming gigs, a live-TV scandal, and a band that imploded almost as fast as it broke through.
Boyle shoots punk as grime and fury rather than nostalgia, splicing grainy film stock with real archive footage and the records that lit the fuse. It's for anyone who wants the music without the gloss, and a feel for where "No Future" actually came from. Stream Pistol (2022) online on iFILM.
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