Anti-Social (2015)

Central London, today; Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Marcus is an armed robber on a jewellery store crime-wave. For the two brothers, being Anti-Social is a way of life.

Director:

Reg Traviss

Writer:

Reg Traviss

Stars:

Gregg Sulkin, Meghan Markle, Josh Myers

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gregg Sulkin	...	Dee
Meghan Markle	...	Kirsten
Josh Myers	...	Marcus
Christian Berkel	...	Philip
Michael Maris	...	Kwame
Andrew Shim	...	Jason
Devlin	...	Nicky (as James Devlin)
Richie Campbell	...	Dominic
Sophie Colquhoun	...	Emma
Caroline Ford	...	Rochelle
Skepta	...	Leon (as Junior 'Skepta' Adenuga)
Aymen Hamdouchi	...	Junior
Doug Allen	...	Chris
María Fernández Ache	...	Nadine
Giacomo Mancini	...	Shaun

Storyline

Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Marcus is an armed robber on a jewellery store crime-wave. For the two brothers, being Anti-Social is a way of life! Bound by an unyielding family loyalty they relentlessly carve their respective paths - and Dee finds acceptance in London's art-scene, while Marcus' smash-and-grab heists amass him a small fortune and his aspirations escalate. But when an ultra-violent gangland war erupts, Dee is suddenly forced to remember who he is - as Police and rival criminals close-in on the family and Marcus' gang defiantly prepare to take down the largest target of their careers.

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Plot Keywords:

gangland murder | interracial | heist | gang rape | drug war | 

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Taglines:

A Way Of Life

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Genres:

Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Origo Film Studios [Hungary]

Country:

Hungary UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2015 (UK)

Also Known As:

Criminals

Filming Locations:

Barbican Estate, City of London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

RST Pictures, JRSM Films, Origo Film Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min 103 min (international)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Anti-Social: Modern Outlaws, The Real Crimes Behind Anti-Social (2015)

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Soundtracks

Looking
Written by Simon Britton, Shara Nelson and John Power
Composed & Produced by Urban Monk, Dukus and Mr Stephen Simpson.
Performed by Ms Shara Nelson
Courtesy of Ms Shara Nelson, Mr Simon Britton, Mr John Power.

User Reviews

A fantastic indie film.

Today I decided to get around to watch Anti-Social, a British film, written and directed by Reg Travvis (Screwed). I had heard of Anti- Social around its release time due to one of its stars being Mr Josh Myers, a very cool guy who has featured in a few films that I watched and talked about. Namely Green Street 3 (Dir by James Nunn), White Collar Hooligan 3 (Dir by Paul Tanter) and Screwed (Dir by Reg Travvis). Josh s career is one that I am following as each role I've seen him in, he always gives his all to the character. Anti-Social is no different in that regard although the film itself is very different from 90% of UK films I have seen lately, and actually 90% different from most films.

I knew nothing of the storyline going into the film (I like to preserve that element in most films I watch) I knew the title, and had seen the front cover and of course knew some of the cast list. Other than those small details, I went into this film cold and it benefited me totally. Whilst the film doesn't have any 'major plot twists' what Anti-Social does brilliantly is let the story unfold over its running time. You watch characters do what they do and the story unfolds without any feeling of 'Oh I can see where this is headed' . I loved that about Anti-Social. It wasn't confusing and yet I had no idea where the storyline was going to go, and where it did go was done to perfection.

So often films are packaged as 'for fans of…' in the hope they can be sold lazily to the viewer. Anti-Social is a serious gritty, adult natured thriller which if I had to do the awful thing if labelling it for an easy sell. Id perhaps say its part Kidulthood, Part Julian Gilbeys Plastic. But more openly I would just tell you that Anti-Social is not just a really engaging story with great performances.(Gregg Sulkin as Dee, and Andrew Shim as Jason, to name two) But Anti-Social is also a damn fine piece of filmmaking.