Fish Tank and Eden Lake are both british films which have contrasting views on the youth of today, with two differing outcomes, with eden lake seen to be the start of something new, where as eden lake is seen to kill off the characters through a massacre led by Brett, the antagonist of the film. However Fish Tank starts off with the main protagonist , Mia, seen to live a dead end life with know new aspects or aspirations as she doesn't attend school and mother appears to have little morals and is the catalyst for her rebellious attitudes.
At various scenes with in Fish tank it is apparent that the youth are being conveyed in a poor light when she is seen to be frequently being aggressive specifically in the scene where she breaks a girls nose after 'nutting' her but also on a deeper level conveyed through her emotions to life and her stubborn attitudes possibly bought on by the lack of love from her mother and siblings as well as no fatherly figure to look out for her. She also is seen to be engrossed in a culture surrounded by both drink and smoking this is portrayed through the seen in which her mother has a party and flouts any responsibility of which expected by others of a motherly figure.
Most of the scenes in Eden Lake are portrayed as the youths being 'demonic' in some kind of sense, but at first they all seem to be 'boys just being boys' by playing loud music, drinking and 'perving' on Jenny, the main protagonist in the film. But this behaviour soon escalates due to Steve killing Brett's dog which unleashes a wrath upon the two protagonists, which results in them being hunted like a dog as Brett quickly loses more of his mind as the film continues.
In some cases both films do infact portray arguably a positive out look on the, 'youth of today', for example in fish tank this is evident with her, aim to free the horse conveying a sense of escapism and some moral attitudes which she has, and this can be seen in Eden Lake where the little blonde boy realises what theyre doing is very wrong and he wants no more so he sees Jenny and goes to see if she's alright but as she's in such a state, she lashes out and stabs him in the neck, which again portrays that even when youths are trying to be nice and friendly, it can be taken in the wrong way.
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