McLean’s Broken by Nick Bartleet

It's undeniably well-made, but I think Nick Bartleet's video for Pendulum's Showdown is also highly problematic.

"The narrative revolves around Mclean rescuing his lover," Nick explains. "The video starts with a piece of entrapment-inspired choreography created by Paul Harris.

Already a major hit online, Nick Bartleet's third outing with McLean finds the singer cast into outer space in this lavish 2001-inspired promo. "A third video for the same artist was always going …

Nick Bartleet pulls off a fine approximation of a classic Sergio Leone set-piece for Scott Matthews' new video: a desperate cowboy, in an awful predicament, is faced with a painful dilemma...