Ill Manors - A Review

4 Stars - Good, but flawed.

Ill Manors could be potentially described as an attempt at The British Wire. And it has a lot of really good stuff in it.

There are many interconnecting stories involving a council estate and the people who live there, largely focusing on the gangster and drug culture.

The performances are strong and the characters are believable, and the stories told about the characters are gruelling and hard to watch, making it very interesting.

The characters are given back story through an omniscient narrator rapping, performed by Plan B, who also wrote and directed the film. Whilst I personally don't care much for rap music it fits really well with this film and was not at all annoying.

The major flaw I'd say this film has is that it tries to do too much, there are too many characters and the film lacks some focus as a result, I think perhaps it might have worked better as a TV show where such a large cast could be better accommodated.

He's recommending a film with a lot of rap? bloody hell it must be quite good

In short, I'd say go see it, Definitely ought to develop a cult following if nothing else.