1 Day (2009)

1 Day follows 24 hours in the life of Flash, an inner-city hustler who's day steadily gets worse when he finds out local gang leader Angel is being released from prison and wants his £500k he left with him for safekeeping.

Directors:

Michèle Nuzzo, Penny Woolcock

Writers:

Michèle Nuzzo, Penny Woolcock (screenplay)

Stars:

Dylan Duffus, Orhan Whyte, Yohance Watson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dylan Duffus	...	Flash
Orhan Whyte	...	Pest
Yohance Watson	...	Angel
Duncan Tobias	...	Evil
Tosh Dennis	...	J.D.
Joel Eccleston	...	Kite
Micah McQueen	...	Apache
Malik	...	El Presidente
Justice	...	Ashantay
Lady L.	...	Shakia
Natasha Holness	...	Kay
4th Lord	...	Assassin
Fiasqo	...	Evil's Babymother
Mekel Simpson	...	Goldtooth
Euro	...	Zampa Robber

Storyline

1 Day follows 24 hours in the life of Flash, an inner-city hustler who's day steadily gets worse when he finds out local gang leader Angel is being released from prison and wants his £500k he left with him for safekeeping.

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Plot Keywords:

number in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [uk]

Country:

UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

2009 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blast! Films, Screen West Midlands

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

1 day

1 day is an unusual type of film because it is a drama with a serious storyline but it is also what I would call in my words a hip hopra because at random times there are random rap scenes for example, when the main protagonist breaks into a house his enemy gang turn up all guns blazing and one of the gang members breaks out in a rap.

the film opens up with a rap from two of the enemy gangs in rapping about how hard they are and etc.

The film is basically about a man named Flash who is a gang member of the yellow bandanna gang. A man he knows named Angel is getting an early release from prison and flash needs to give Angel £500k but Flash is 100 grand down.

Through the film we see flash being pursued by an enemy gang, his granny, his 3 baby mothers and angel. The only person who is at Flash's right hand side is a little kid named Pest who wants to grow up to be like flash which is not exactly a good thing to be.

I am not gonna give away the ending but basically everybody apart from Flash and Pest ends up dead and the worry about owing money is no longer an issue but basically you can judge the ending on what flash is going to do next.

1 Day is quite unusual because all the actors are people cast from the streets. This is not a surprise since the films director Penny Woolcock cast unknown people from the street in her previous film exodus.

The rap scenes are totally random but has a plot which is followable. I would only suggest this film is you are into hip hop overall I would say this film is a rental because it is only a film I would watch once and that is it.