Da Bomb Squad

'Cherry Bomb' as you probably know, is the new film from Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa. The soundtrack has been furnished by David Holmes and yon guy from Harry Potter is talking in a Belfast accent and necking loads of pills.

My initial worry was that it would be a film purely about being young and getting furiously wasted. The good thing is that while teenage drug-prowlers are frequently summoned before the camera, the story is a more layered comment on Belfast at a critical time. The Troubles are an (apparently) dim memory, the house prices are still roaring upwards and there's a moral vacuum in the soul of the city.

So while there are fun times in the Lifeboat Bar - actually filmed inside the Rotterdam, but happily with Brian Young and The Sabrejets on stage - the rising tide of the Lagan is nearby. Just as Travis Bickle yearned for a real rain to wash the filth away, you feel that the 'Cherry Bomb' energy is just ahead of a horrendous deluge.

Which is probably a good time to edit in the sound of Robyn G Shields, crooning 'Hello Death My Old Friend', and when those closing titles come up, it's a strange comfort to hear Danny Todd and Cashier No. 9, singing a morbid lullaby. In every dream, a heartache.