Darren Da Silva

A gritty British drama directed by the talented Plan B. This film portrays the roughness that some people in Britain have to cope with and it's delivered raw, through brilliant and accurate performances. You become very emotionally invested in Riz Ahmed's Aaron, but in a broader perspective, emotionally invested in everybody involved in the despair going on in the streets. It's an endless cycle of abandonment, isolation, and pain. What hit me the most in this film was this idea of reflection. That the society Plan B is referring to simply doesn't have the time to think and reflect, which affects the morals and behaviours of people. There's plenty of messages behind this underrated masterpiece and I could carry on waffling, but if you're actually reading this, I fully recommend and maybe even advise you to give it a watch, as it applies greatly to the current political and societal state of Britain.