Tony
Usual depiction of drugs, guns and knife crime being not just the best but the only way ethnic minorities, be they Black or Asian can make a decent living. Am I being racist, or are the film makers, I'd love to see a film were an Asian or Black family travel to Britain, overcome the bigotry and work hard to create a successful business. This sort of stuff goes down well with the metropolitan sort, I.E. those who hand out awards. Then shock, horror when the townies and villagers say if that's immigration stop it, we don't want it here. Films like this are counter productive, they tend to excuse violent criminal behaviour amongst minorities as their only option. All criminals, be they White, Black or Asian simply want easy money without working hard for it.
steamgameplayer
i seen a review about how bad it was after watching it but stop talking poop mate you think this film is racist but nope you're wrong! i actually thought it was going to be another stupid English film in a block of flats but no this one actually had a story to it.not to give anything away but give it a watch i enjoyed it.
connor
in society, there are many contemporary issues within the working class, highly due to the fact of the rise in immigration in the past decade, raising the hostility and prejudices towards those who was not born here. Sally tackles the issue of race extremely well, and deals with the problems within racial and social demographics surrounding homosexuality. she explores the cultural in-differences surrounding it. for example, Mo says that he would rather have a brother that is a terrorist than one who is a homo, which speaks volumes for a minority of Muslim fundamentalists who feel the same, and some more conservative religious viewers who would share the same view, regardless of what religion.this piece also tackles the more social related issues of gang culture and 'roadmen' it explores the vicious circle that many youths today find themselves in, and also demonstrates what is considered the only way out, and the betrayal that people can commit towards you.overall, I did think it was a good film mainly due to the brave and audacious issues raised, however, I do feel that it lacked a certain dramatic edge, and had a weak enigma throughout.
Rich Wright
There is a sequence in this movie, where one of the two main protagonists finds out he's gay, which made me laugh longer and harder than almost anything else this year. He has this arty friend, ya see (how original), and he ends accidentally kissing him while playfighting over a camera. After initially lashing out at the guy and denying it meant anything, not to mention a trip to his girlfriend's house for a rather uncomfortable sex session to 'straighten him out', he realises he just MAY be a 'battyboy' after all. So, back he goes to his mate's studio, where they proceed to do the dirty deed. All of this arrives out of nowhere, and almost leads me to believe it was inserted into the film by Stonewall campaigners who want the yoof of today to be less homophobic. The only problem is, the whole chain of events is so random and forced, it loses whatever credibility it might have had with the target audience.But that's the fault which brings down the film in a nutshell... Conflicts are too easily resolved, people change their mind without any motivation and stereotyping is rife. Everything feels half baked, as if there's a lot of wires here where someone forgot to connect A to B, C to D... and so on. I was not convinced by anyone here due to this, so found it impossible to give two hoots as they went about their uninteresting business. A far better demonstration of this lifestyle can be found in the recent Channel 4 series Top Boy, which is an uncompromising look at life in a council estate with a drug gang hierarchy. It has nary a cliché in sight, and doesn't seek to appeal to minority groups in unbelievably clumsy ways either... 4/10
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