Alex Cox’s film about the turbulent relationship between Sid Vicious and partner Nancy Spungen, is out now\u00a0on DVD & Blu-ray as part of its 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Although initially praised by critics on its release in 1986, the film badly underperformed at the box office and was further tarnished by a stinging condemnation from John Lydon.<\/p>\n
Furious at both his and Sid’s\u00a0portrayal, he wrote\u00a0in his 1994 autobiography<\/a>:<\/p>\n “To me this movie is the lowest form of life. I honestly believe that it celebrates heroin addiction…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yet, although one can understand Lydon’s discomfort at the film, the fact is that it is a convincing portrait of addiction and a fateful, doomed love affair.<\/p>\n