This film has great intentions but unfortunately misses the opportunity to deliver. And I really wanted to like this film!
The story starts well but loses it's way, slowing and getting lost down pointless cul-de-sacs that do nothing for plot or character development. It is the cinematic equivalent of speaking to someone with dementia - possibly a hammy old stage actor who has lost his noggin - the result is multiple repetition of core themes, with added train-of-thought irrelevances that leave the listener unsettled..
Light relief comes from a token black fella, dressed like middle England pastiche of how the impoverished black youth dress, you know, like a backing dancer from step up 2 with jaunty baseball cap hiding dreads. Also watch out for a comedy policemans moustache, possibly on free loan from the life on mars set, a slug relic from the 1970's that cheerily turns up to brighten some of the slower sequences.
I hope that the poor outcome doesn't put off the producer from continuing along urban dramas, London needs more of these !
The story starts well but loses it's way, slowing and getting lost down pointless cul-de-sacs that do nothing for plot or character development. It is the cinematic equivalent of speaking to someone with dementia - possibly a hammy old stage actor who has lost his noggin - the result is multiple repetition of core themes, with added train-of-thought irrelevances that leave the listener unsettled..
Light relief comes from a token black fella, dressed like middle England pastiche of how the impoverished black youth dress, you know, like a backing dancer from step up 2 with jaunty baseball cap hiding dreads. Also watch out for a comedy policemans moustache, possibly on free loan from the life on mars set, a slug relic from the 1970's that cheerily turns up to brighten some of the slower sequences.
I hope that the poor outcome doesn't put off the producer from continuing along urban dramas, London needs more of these !