Ill manors

The director is Ben Andrew (Plan B) who has made a name of himself in the music industry.  The main actors are Riz Ahmed and in this film he plays the character Aaron who is a drug dealer. He portrays the typical young adult who lives in the ghetto.The film is about the struggle of people who live in estates that are involved in criminal activity. the guns and drugs are exposed significantly and violence isn't hidden in the film which is another way of displaying the groups of people that live in estates. Therefore, the audience are to believe everyone from these estates are the like this. We could use Perkins theory to suggest that it is partly true and some people from the ghetto are criminals and loud people. 

Review
Its set in Forest Gate, London, the film begins with partners Ed (Ed Skrein) and Aaron (Riz Ahemd) drug-dealing. We see the representations of urban life being presented in the film. The drugs, money and violence had damaged people seriously; collateral damage is a factor of lives being broken in this film and possibly in real life. The two main characters (Aaron and Ed) had influenced some of the people in their estate into this horrific life. We see females as well as males getting assaulted in the film because of who's 'turf' drugs are being sold and who people work for. Plan B's album had song titles related to some of the events in film like 'Drug Dealer' leads the flashback story of Kirby and a man named Chris (Lee Allen), who was Kirby's protege in the drug business, however, he is now independent. As Kirby collects the drugs from Chris to sell, he encounters Marcel (Nick Sagar), who is caught selling on Kirby's 'turf'. 

Plan B successfully allows the audience to build personal relationships with each of the characters. This was important as if this didn't occur people wouldn't care about the upcoming deaths and wouldn't have sympathy for the characters. For example, the two main character's were good friends which many people can relate with having and the two would bring out more of each other's personalities throughout the film. When Aaron took the baby to Ed, we saw that Aaron cared more about the life of the baby than Ed did as he believed he could find the mother of the child instead of calling social service. From this point the audience would be able to respect Aaron (more) because of his decision. Also, Ed's courageousness was portrayed when he fought the fire to save the baby at the risk of his life. This made me believe Ed did had a heart as he didn't leave the vulnerable baby in the fire which changed the way I thought of Ed for that moment. Unfortunately, Ed died a few seconds after his heroic mission and he Aaron broke down because he lost his friend. Plan B was successful at building the relationship with the characters and the audience because it felt real.  

The fact that it was an British film with British actors, directors and institutions it felt like I could understand some of the social values displayed in the film. For example, we (In Britain) would expect to see a group of young males hanging around at night or in alleyways looking intimidating. Especially because the film is targeted at: a young audience (16-30 year olds), struggler and mainstream would be more interested in this film.

Ill Manors is a British film with realistic representations of certain groups in our society. We see the menaces being displayed as being affection-less psychopaths especially whilst 'Aaron' had the gun he saw that he used that to black mail people. The scene in the pub comes to mind. However, Aaron and Ed had moments where they were sympathetic for certain people about something. The scene with the baby is where both characters show they have a heart despite the fact that Aaron used the baby as an asset to hide his gun.