I was a little hesitant before going into Pistol, a music biographical drama miniseries, as I wasn't that convinced how the filmmaker is ever going to pull off such a story. The Sex Pistols was no doubt an important group in rock music history, having so much influence on the 70s UK punk movement as well as DIY and indie rock music a few decades later. However, their career was rather short, lasting a little over two years. Most of the news while they were active was rather negative with coverage focused more on scandals caused by the band members' behaviour than the actual music.
So I thought it could be interesting enough as a documentary, but probably not a live action one -- not to mention a six-part miniseries. Or the fact that a lot of die-hard music fans are against the show, saying that this is just a selling out to Disney, and making a dramatisation of actual events isn't really punk rock. Well, I was wrong. Under the supervision of director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later), Pistol is surprisingly a proper cinematic experience, and an incredibly detailed account of the rise and fall of the legendary punk rock band.
