Ifnothingelse,thisistheonlySexPistolsfilm(therearenowatleast3)tomakeexplicitandiIfnothingelse,thisistheonlySexPistolsfilm(therearenowatleast3)tomakeexplicitandin-depthreferencetothebandmembers'workingclassroots,andthewaythatexperienceinformedtheirproject.Thisalonemakesthefilmworthseeing,asitexplodesthemyth,fosterednodoubtbytheirPTBarnummanager,MalcolmMcLaren,thatthewholeprojectwasanexerciseincynicalnihilismandmoneygrubbing.Asthebandmemberstellit,nothingcouldhavebeenfurtherfromthetruth.Ibelievethem.Thefilmiscobbledtogetherinlargepartfrom2previousSexPistolsdocumentaries,"Rock'n'RollSwindle,"(aMcLarenprojectalsodirected,ironicallyenough,byF&FdirectorJulieTemple)and"D.O.A,"plusclipsfromBBStelevisionandelsewherethattrytolocatethePistolsinthepoliticalandsocialclimatethatspawnedthem.Thiseffort,togivethePistolsahistoricalcontext,isbyfarthemostvaluablepartofthefilmforthosetryingtounderstandhowabunchofworkingclassstiffs,whocouldbarelyplaytheirinstruments,andwhoonlyreleasedonealbum,couldsetoffanexplosionthatreverberates详情