Ill manors film review

The director is the famous music artist Plan B; he has used his own music in the film. He has told a story through his music for the film. I thought the director did a good job on how he made the film, he gave a real insight on what most people would not know about that happens in run down areas.

This film is about the everyday lives of a couple of characters telling each of their stories. They all come from an unprivileged background and have a story to why they do what they do and how they have been bought up from an estate in east London. 

The main stars are not well known; about two actors have starred in other movies. Most of the actors used in this have had little or no acting experience at all. The director wanted to make the film as real as possible so he cast people from a real estate or from similar backgrounds as portrayed in the film.  I would say it was a good idea casting unknown actors, and instead casting people who live around East London or who have come from similar backgrounds as from the actors in the movie or who live in an estate maybe and have experienced such things.

The character of Ed is played by Ed Skrein who is an unprofessional actor, he played a violent, drug dealing psychopath. The character Aaron played by Riz Ahmed played a criminal who is trying to reform himself and get away from the life he lives, he understands it is all wrong.   They both grew up at a local orphanage together. The character Kirby plays a criminal who has just been released from jail and is trying to reclaim his turf from another character named Chris who he grew up with but is now more threatening than Kirby so cannot be messed around with. Another character named Jake is a teenage boy who gets involved with a slightly older gang member who then makes him carry out a murder. There is another story about two prostitutes, one who is on the run from Russian sex traffickers and one who is just making money for drugs, they somehow meet each other.

The film is crime-drama. It does fit our expectations because it being an 18 rated movie we would expect some sort of violence and explicit scenes. The film is full of drama and a lot of crime which makes the audience feel for the characters and engage with their emotions, whether it be shocking, sad or angry. It gives the audience a knock on affect because they then get a feel of a harsh reality.

The soundtrack is a rap which tells a story about the life these characters are living. It stood out because there was a bit of swearing in it and it suits the type of film it is because rap music relates to teenagers and hood rats that are the stereotypical fan base for this type of music.  I liked the music and thought it was perfect for the genre and the target audience for the movie.

This movie is aimed at teenagers and mainly a younger adult audience because they can sort of relate to film as they may be aware of some things that go on in their generation. The target audience would be 17-30 year olds, this is because in the film there is violence and explicit scenes used. People who suffer from similar situations as the characters whether that is drug use or physical abuse may be able to relate to the characters and even feel as though the characters can relate to them and their lives.