Ill Manors Film Review (Plan)

• Director 

Evidence from film: The director was shown in the film through the credits at the end. 

My opinion: The director, Plan B, is a well recognised song artist which has featured in films such as 'The Sweeney'. I think he is portrayed as someone who is very London-based, as 'The Sweeney' was set in contemporary London.  

• Main Stars

Evidence from film: The main star from this film is Riz Ahmed, who is heavily featured in the film. In this film they portray many lives of drug dealers, prostitutes and others that live in that kind of environment.  

My opinion: The audience may be familiar with Riz Ahmed has he has played in other low-budget UK films such as 'Four Lions', which was a comedic film. 

• Plot

Evidence from film: The film is based on the lives of 4 drug dealers, as this shown in the film and they are all connected to each other by some way. Due to competition they are all alliances to each other, coming against each other and working with each other in certain circumstances. 

My opinion: I think this film is to help people acknowledge how life in London exists, as people that live in London may not be familiar with the crime that goes on in London daily. 

• Characters

Evidence from film: The main characters in this film are the drug dealers, as they are featured in it the most. The drug dealers consist of Aaron (Riz Ahmed), Ed (Ed Skrein), Chris (Lee Allen) and Marcel (Nick Sagar).

My opinion: The 2 main characters which survive till the end is Aaron and Chris. Aaron subsequently is asked to work for Chris near the end of the film. 

• Genre

Evidence from film: The film has a lot of violence and gun/drug crime featured in it, which fits into a drama/crime film. 

My opinion: The film heavily portrays the urban aspect of London and they show this by showing different settings which are discrete in London, in order to present a sense that they are hiding from their crimes they are committing. This is why I think this film fits in a urban-crime drama type genre film. 

• Soundtrack

Evidence from film: The main soundtrack in this film was produced by Plan B, who directed and wrote this film. The soundtrack is split into different sections into the film and they use a particular sector of the soundtrack for a particular kind of scene, which they used the lyrics to narrate what is going on in the scene. 

My opinion: I think that they use the soundtrack 'Ill Manors' by Plan B (written and directed the film as well) as it fits the setting of the film well and gives it a very urban feel to it, so that the audience can understand what is going on in the film, through the soundtrack in the background.

• Audience

Evidence from film: The film seems to be aimed at an age range of 16-25 year old people as the majority of the characters are younger characters (based in film) and if a film was to be aimed at a more mature audience, they would not have used these types of characters, as maturer audiences may not fully understand or interpret what exactly may be going on.  

My opinion: In my opinion, I think that this film targets 13-21 year old people more, as this type of age group would find some things in the film more understandable because they have the similar age section to the characters that feature in the film itself. Teens and young adults like watching films like this as London is a very urban environment and a lot of the teens that watch it may have experienced a life which has involved a struggle.