Lesson for Bullet Boy and London to Brighton

Review highlights of Bullet Boy and London to Brighton

The view London review 3/5 stars

Overall:

Luke Fraser and Ashley Walters "Is equally good as Curtis and both characters are so like able that you spend the second half of the film holding your breath because your scared something bad will happen to them".

The director Saul Dibbs " direction is excellent" with co-writer Catherine Johnson have a "good ear for dialogue and their well written script gives Bullet Boy an authentic London film".

Indie London.co.uk review 2/5 stars

The review first starts of as" the British gangster movie has becoming something of a tired genre of late". Yet carry's on with " it fulfills most of the criteria for the genre, it does so in a refreshingly sincere manner that makes the journey it takes viewers on well worth the undertaking".

"his use of violence is more suggested too thereby hinting at its psychological effect more than dwelling on the thrill of the kill".

BBC review

"a sensation look at an incendiary subject, Bullet Boy really hits the mark".

overall all reviews see the ideology (crime genre) in a different by Saul Dibbs directing they have manage to "possesses a Grim of inevitability" the impact of living in East London gives you little option of how you want to live your live this "engaging drama that transcends it familiar material thanks to impressive performance and assured direction".

London to Brighton

BBC review

"the British crime flick gets a double-barrelled shot in the arm. London to Brighton is a brutal and brilliantly assured debut"...."world beatinly gr, it'll put through the wringer, but you won't regret the journey"

"London to Brighton doesn't sacrifice realism for momentum. The dialogue, Performances and us of low-life locations keep a rigorously tight check on credibility".

Sight and Sound.

"London to Brighton's synopsis, populated by prostitutes, pimps and dynastic gangsters makes dispiriting reading".

"The scene in which she discusses the terms of her prostitution to Duncan with Derek and Kelly in a Waterloo cafe is a small masterclass in building tension through implied motivation: only Kelly is honest enough to betray her true feelings about the nature of the transaction".

overall London to Brighton shows of underground dealings of violent prostitution and crime gives sympathy from the audience to the two female characters having to rise from a pessimistic beginning to a unexpected high at the end.