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Life and Lyrics

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
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5.3/10
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Life and Lyrics (2006)
Trailer about a DJ who falls in love with a member of an opposing crew
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As a posse of South London DJs battle their rivals to the North, Danny (Walters)falls for a singer from the other crew.As a posse of South London DJs battle their rivals to the North, Danny (Walters)falls for a singer from the other crew.As a posse of South London DJs battle their rivals to the North, Danny (Walters)falls for a singer from the other crew.

  • Director
    • Richard Laxton
  • Writer
    • Ken Williams
  • Stars
    • Ashley Walters
    • Louise Rose
    • Christopher Steward
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
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    • Director
      • Richard Laxton
    • Writer
      • Ken Williams
    • Stars
      • Ashley Walters
      • Louise Rose
      • Christopher Steward
    • 5User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Ashley Walters
    Ashley Walters
    • Danny Lewis
    Louise Rose
    Louise Rose
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    Christopher Steward
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    Patrick Regis
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    • Director
      • Richard Laxton
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      • Ken Williams
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    7/10
    Good movie on the London rap-scene that plays like a British 'Juice'
    Ashley D Walters is as always solid as an actor, starting his career as one of the members of the infamous grime-group So Solid Crew he quickly became a force to be reckoned with in UK film and TV-scene and even some stints in American movies like for instance 'Get Rich Or Die Trying' with 50 Cent.

    This movie is sort of reminiscent of 'Get Rich Or Die Trying' but it's more playful and the characters aren't any wannabe-gangsters or gangsters (at least not Asher D and his friends)... I'd probably compare it more to Ernest Dickerson's 'Juice'.

    Surprisingly despite this movie being about a rap-group in London, Asher D doesn't rap once in the movie, he plays the DJ and producer of the group.

    The other actors portraying the rest of the group are skillful on the mic tho, so it doesn't suffer from it and Christopher Steward who plays Fable is genuinely likable and shows good range in acting as well as rapping.

    The movie does have some flaws tho, the "Romeo and Juliet" aspect of the movie doesn't really get all to captivating for the viewer, I don't know where the problem lies exactly but I found myself not caring too much whether the 2 would stay together or not.

    But overall the story keeps you entertained and visually the movie makes London look really good, even in the "less good" areas it's visually pleasing.

    Comparing it to other movies of the same kind it's not up there with Kidulthood and Adulthood but it's miles beyond Rollin With The 9's and even slightly better than Bullet Boy IMO.
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    • Release date
      • September 29, 2006 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gangs do Hip Hop
    • Production company
      • Fiesta Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $372,969
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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