iLL Manors - It's Definitely Not a 'Popcorn and Fanta Flex'...

Ill Manors is brought to you by Plan B, this is his directorial debut, it's bound to be a little bit naff....
right?

NO.                                                                                                  


This is epic. This movie was screened last night in Leicester Square, the premiere played host to an array of stars who trod the red carpet being tugged and hugged by reporters and fans respectively. I managed to be part of the RWD team there and we were making our debut too! It was mine and @Kemp1988 's red carpet reporting debut and it was a game of patience more than anything. We've learnt a lot and I certainly feel like I can build on the next one (if the opportunity is given to me).



But anyway back to the film itself, it's graphic for sure but it's informative too. Not in the way of a documentary although Ben Drew does narrate over it, it's informative in an entertaining way. Entertaining in this context meaning rollercoaster-esque. There are some real emotional traumas and violent dramas which touch the audience in the eyes and heart. I'd especially recommend this to the cynics, or at least those who think sceptically about the characters that are being portrayed. What I noticed is that, after watching the film, you actually start noticing these characters in real life, it really is quite a weird realisation sensation when you go 'OMG maybe Great Britain isn't all it seems after all..'.



Riz Ahmed (Riz MC) plays one of the most interesting and perhaps most integral roles in the film, he's just as cold on the surface as the rest of the ill-mannered (see what I did there?) hustlers but Aran (his character) definitely has a moral conscience and dilemmas rushing through his mind. Ed Skrein (pronounced like fine) puts in a sterling performance to play the bad ruthless guy who unfortunatelly plummets to his death. There are too many characters and powerful performances and naming them all would take forever.

 You must go watch this movie. Yes it's graphic, it's definitely not a 'popcorn and fanta' flex. But it's a work of art, it's political art, you appreciate this like you appreciate a Banksy. Plus there's some sick music in it, init.



P.S. Shout out to the guys at the Metro, everyone makes mistakes, yours happened to just be awful...

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I managed to catch a brief interview with the man himself back stage, check that out along with a review of the gig on SBTV soon....

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