Ill manors review
ill manors is a excellent debut film directed Ben Drew, also know as Plan B. Although not having directed any other film he has been featured in several music videos and therefore knows a lot of the filming industry and is clearly shown through incredible shots and clever editing. His music is considered very controversial due to its content and perfectly so as this film is also very controversial and he has cleverly incorporated his music in this thrilling production and cleverly narrates the films using powerful and meaningful lyrics.

Their are several main character of the narrative each telling a story how ever the protagonist Riz Ahmed known as Aaron in the film is a young adult male stuck in between a constant dilemma of doing right or wrong due to his surroundings he's forced to take a life of violence drugs and struggle. he is know for the very popular film 4 lions as Omar and his role in Shifty as Shifty. Ben also used many other unknown actor such as Ed as Ed Skerin, Keith Coggins as Kirby, Natalie Press as Katya, Lee Allen in the role of Chris and Anouska Mond as Michelle.

Ed and Aaron are two men doing their best make money essential through drug dealing however Ed is portrayed as a heartless man with no conscionce and Aaron although having the same occupation is the complete opposite. Chris is a feared gangster on the streets of east london and was the apprentice of Kirby prior to his long prison sentence of possession of narcotics. he is now back to reclaim his turf and belongings. Katya is a russian mother whom is homeless and is in run from sex trafficker and michelle is a Crack whore she begins her relationship with katya based on sympathy which leads to a new equilibrium. Jake is a teenage kids who is easily influenced and persuaded to join a local gang through betraying a dear friend and murder. An explosive ending is finalised through the use of a baby that is thrown from place to place landing in to each of these peoples hands even being sold at one point but result in salvation.

this film is a Crime drama and from seeing the convention of the film and objects used to represent this theme it's clear that this film is a gritty rough gangster film. therefore it does fit my expectation although street gangsters in the film aren't all what are expected in the film from the cliche driving in a car and shooting opposing gang members gangs in this film aren't all that ruthless. the mood i would describe when talking abut this film is on the edge and hair raising.

Due to my preference of hip hop i din't personally like the music although flowing with the narrative parallel and again was meaningful and relatable. Plan B's music created and intense feeling making you want to question more about certain character and made you relate to them more.

Ill manors is aimed at in my opinion Males between the ages of 15 - 30 living in London disregarding the age restriction and in terms of psychographic it's aimed at reformers. i would recommend this film because it's a very well made film and has a very good narrative.