Brotherhood (2016)

First, there was Kidulthood, then Adulthood, and now comes Noel Clarke's lastest instalment: Brotherhood. Sam is facing up to the new world. He realises it also comes with new problems; new... See full summary »

Director:

Noel Clarke

Writer:

Noel Clarke

Stars:

Noel Clarke, Arnold Oceng, Red Madrell

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noel Clarke	...	Sam Peel
Arnold Oceng	...	Henry Okocha
Red Madrell	...	Alisa
Adjoa Andoh	...	Agnes Peel
Shanika Warren-Markland	...	Kayla
David Ajala	...	Detective Desmond 'BUDS' Lynch
Cornell John	...	Curtis Gayle
Fekky	...	Mode Nightclub MC
Samuel Moore	...	Band Member (Electric Guitar)
Cedric Monzali	...	Band Member (Drums)
Shaun Mendonca	...	Band Member (Bass)
Daniel Anthony	...	Royston Peel
Jack McMullen	...	Drew
Fady Elsayed	...	Wino
Calvin Demba	...	Marshall

Storyline

First, there was Kidulthood, then Adulthood, and now comes Noel Clarke's lastest instalment: Brotherhood. Sam is facing up to the new world. He realises it also comes with new problems; new challenges he must face which he knows, will require old friends to help him survive new dangers.

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Plot Keywords:

london england | full frontal female nudity | shaved vulva | sex standing up | rear male nudity | 

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Taglines:

"The only person more dangerous than someone with nothing to lose... is someone who stands to lose everything."

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Twitter official page

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 2016 (UK)

Also Known As:

Шпана 3

Filming Locations:

Ladbroke Grove, Kensington & Chelsea, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Unstoppable Entertainment, Carpalla Films, Dignity Film Finance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kayla (Shaneeka) who was seen in Adulthood as Moonys Girlfriend is now Sams (Noels) partner. In Adulthood neither of them had any scene together.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Agnes Peel: You think threatening me is going to be enough?
Melvin 'HUGS' Levin: You're right a threat is not enough
[overbalances her causing to fall from the concrete veranda]
Melvin 'HUGS' Levin: That should do it

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Connections

Follows Adulthood (2008)

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Soundtracks

WTF
by Asher D aka Ashley Walters
(p) This compilation (P)© 2016 Black Butter Limited

User Reviews

Wraps things up pretty well, but the advent of time shows

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday morning

Sam Peel (Noel Clarke) has settled down with girlfriend Kayla (Shanika Warren-Markland) and two children, and has put his unsavoury past behind him. But he is thrust back into it when his younger brother Royston (Daniel Anthony) is gunned down while performing at a live show. Flash new crook Daley (Jason Maza) wants him to work for him, and has joined forces with Sam's old enemy Uncle Curtis (Cornell John) who has his own agenda. Sam tries to stay on the straight and narrow, until an horrific act plunges him back into the underworld he'd tried so hard to escape.

Noel Clarke obviously felt, eight years after the last instalment Adulthood, that the series needed to be rounded off a little more than it already was, and so we have this, we are assured, the final part. Some backstage politics, shall we say, have clearly played their hands here, and so we see the Moony character missing altogether, and Sam mysteriously settled down with his girlfriend from the last film?!?, and of course Adam Deacon's Jay completely absent following the well documented real life spat that spewed up between him and Clarke. Personally, I didn't miss his hyper street kid antics this time round.

While it still packs a powerful emotional punch or two, somehow the raw, gritty, uncompromising nature that characterised the first two films just isn't as evident here. Those films (the first one especially) were from the mind of a young man who had grown up in this unfortunate world, and who gained acclaim by recklessly writing down and screening all the types of stuff he'd seen, and as a result made a film that was 'as potent as a shot of vodka in the morning' as one tabloid review memorably put it. With such a large space of time between this and the last film, the cast (those still in it) and the material with them feel like they've grown up a bit, and this time it all seems to be played more for laughs, even during intense, dramatic scenes, especially from Arnold Oceang's Henry.

That aside, the story all feels cobbled together without the strongest narrative flow and there's an air of predictability about a lot of it that doesn't go unnoticed. It's still worth seeing, though, a grown up, more seasoned ending that those from this generation will feel they've shared the journey with. ***