Schemers review - the rise and rise of Dave Mclean, rock promoter One boy's climb from disco organiser to Scottish entertainment kingpin - directed by the man himself - contains battered. On paper, Schemers sounds like the next great music film. It follows Davie McLean (Conor Berry), who starts his own disco with the sole purpose of impressing a girl, but soon graduates to booking.
With Conor Berry, Sean Connor, Grant Robert Keelan, Tara Lee. His football career over, Davie starts promoting gigs in Dundee with two friends, leading to a hugely ambitious Iron Maiden show. That may not seem like much an achievement at first, but the film itself jokes about Dundee's location being often unknown and irrelevant as it tells the true story of David McLean, who also wrote, directed and produced this debut film.
Maybe worst of all, you feel this film could and should have made so much more of the music. Whatever you think of it, it really doesn't seem the kind of film that cinema needs right now. Music impresario Dave McLean directs a pivotal episode from his early days, putting on gigs in Dundee. But while there's a admirable punk spirit to his yarn, it fails to rock or roll. Movie Reviews: Schemers and Tom Vaughan Lawlor in Rialto. Miss Juneteenth Millie Bobby Brown does her best to bring some spark to the role of Sherlock Holmes's teenage sister, Enola, but she is let down.
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Schemers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CAUTION: Here be spoilers. A cross between Trainspotting and Gregory's Girl with a touch of Good Vibrations, Schemers is the first feature film to be made in Dundee. Schemers is the autobiographical feature film debut of Dave Mclean, concert promoter and artist manager whose biggest success was taking on British rock band Placebo.
Because "The beginnings of the guy who managed Placebo" doesn't sound like such a strong sale - especially when he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page - Schemers seeks to validate its existence in other ways. FORTUNE occasionally favours the reckless in Schemers, a roughly hewn drama comedy based on the true story of how Dundee-born concert promoter Dave McLean cut his teeth before he moved to London. Dundee teens set about trying to book bands. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV.