Ill Manors (2012)

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The debut feature from Ben Drew (better known as rapper Plan B) makes some interesting inroads as a gritty gangster film bent on uncovering the many flaws of David Cameron's broken Britain. But, at an ill-advised two-hour plus runtime and an ill-managed script that very quickly degenerates into a nonsensical shamble of f-bombs, c-bombs, 'innits' and 'bruvvas', Ill Manors looks more like an unassuming eight-year-old with a painted gold chain and counterfeit snapback: he thinks he's tough, but he's the only one.The effort made to blend the six stories surrounding the film's doomed night crawlers – four drug dealers and a pair of prostitutes – is a respectable one. However, lost in the apparent coolness of overlapping one twisted life with another is the expectation that these stories will eventually lead to something – which they don't. There is still some to like about Drew's ambling adventure, though. Ahmed is believable as a conflicted soul trying to help, and each character is introduced via an original rap song sung by the director. But because the basics of filmmaking deflate these otherwise creative moments, one gets the impression the whole project would've worked better as a storytelling album (a la Pink Floyd's The Wall or Kanye's College Dropout), not a feature film.*There's nothing I love more than a bit of feedback, good or bad. So drop me a line on [email protected] and let me know what you thought of my review. If you're looking for a writer for your movie website or other publication, I'd also love to hear from you.*

Utterly hackneyed tosh! A totally unrealistic, utterly ridiculous, festival of teenage macho posturing! Unlike the film makers, I live in inner city London and know how to use a gun (you need to cock it and take off the safety catch before it can be shot, you muppets!) I also realise that putting together the worst articles you read in the daily mail over the past two decades and pretending they make a realistic reflection on life, is merely laughable! In conclusion, I'm annoyed with myself I wasted two hours of my life watching this charmless, badly acted, Eastenders omnibus!

I don't like to write many reviews, but when I discover a movie that I think it is underrated, it makes sense to write about it:)Although there are many characters, you do not get to know very well any of them and at the same they all have something in common: a horror east-London story-line that tangles them.I guess the movie seems very rough and tough from many points of view, specially to someone who has not been in that part of London, nor has seen anything similar. To all the other ones, this seems to be just another slice of live that brings up sometimes the worst and best of people.There is a positive message in the end, but boy..you have to through hell and back before you get there!I am having hard time recommending the movie, although from technical point of view it was almost without flaw, mainly because the abuse of using too many sad stories at the same time. Limiting the number of main characters to only 2-3 would've had the same effect.Anyway, kudos to the director for a well done movie, albeit I will never want to watch it again...

Blah Blah Blah..the following 3 words might as well be the only thing some reviewers of this movie should have written as their reviews are about as useful to movie lovers as a bullet proof vest is to superman.The movie is a solid drama/thriller,which is very very realistic,the seedy underworld of London is portrayed on the mark.the main focus however is a strange one,rather than an actual plot as such "ill manors" is a story about different kins of people all connected to the underworld(not a bad thing at all) in a different way and each persons story is connected via crossed paths,its very clever very well acted,the soundtrack is amazing,the attention to detail that drew has is immense.I would also like to comment that other reviewers trying to sound cultured and intelligent on IMDb have said drew is trying to gain street cred in with this movie obviously have no idea who Ben drew is and the fact that he has been the UK's most intelligent,profound and lyrically punishing rapper for the last ten years and he has enough cred to last 2 lifetimes,do your homework!!!.. this movie is a must see and also must buy album.great stuff!!!.