Ill Manors; Film Review.

The film ‘Ill Manors’ was a low budgeted one and in order to shoot it and create an entire movie for the audience to watch, were given a small amount of £100,000. The one who came up with the idea of shooting this film and came up with the story behind it, was Plan B. Despite not having any experience in directing films he was still very determined to do well with it and make it a success, and for this reason, knowing that he didn't have much money in order to hire professional actors in order to act, he decided to use his friends as the actors and the support, the whole way through. As he spoke in the interview, he said that there were many people who would say it wouldn't be a success, and that he wouldn't be able to do it, and I think that that challenged him into making sure it became a success, in order to prove them wrong, and as a result it did. Additionally, as he had no experience using cameras and other equipment, the fact that he’s a rapper, was a huge advantage for him, at this time, as he was able to see the footage behind the scenes when producing his music videos and see what needed to be done.

Being a film made with his friends acting in it, the actors weren't very familiar. The reason for this is because, some of them had never been in this kind of industry and had never had the opportunity to do something like acting in a film, and was there first time. Despite it being there first time Ben Drew took into consideration that everyone should feel valued and get an equal opportunity and allowed them to act. In addition to this, the actors that he used, a majority of the time were those that came from a dysfunctional family like him, in order to better suit the role and make their acting look more realistic.

The story-line behind the movie is very realistic and consists of a lot of morals. The main film revolves around the lives of the main characters, Kirby, Michelle, Jay, Katya, Chris and Ed. All of these are portrayed in a bad way, and show that they are wrong in many ways. An example of this is, Kirby as he is the first main character to be in the film and he has been shown to have an obsession with drugs, and has previously been in jail because of it. Another bad scenario shown in this, is when a young black boy names Jay joins a well known gang, and as he begins to slowly be like them and gain more and more respect from them, he become worse and worse by the day and ends up being told to kill Kirby with a gun, however kills Chris’s sister, which as a result, turns into a huge conflict, which in the end results in him being killed. Also Aaron, the final main character, is the one who is somehow always influenced into doing wrong, however knows what is right, and when he can tries to do the right thing, instead of follow what everyone else is telling him to do.

The genre of Ill Manors seems to be a crime drama, this is because it sends out the right message of what the dark side of London is like, and it shows all results of doing wrong things, such as drug dealing. The way in which the movie has been created, is in such a way that as the audience, we begin to feel sorry for them as we begin to slowly find out what each character has been through, and makes us realize why they do what they do and what has made them the person they are.  Being a rapper himself, Plan B has used a very clever way in order to narrate the whole way through, and this was by narrating through rapping each part of the characters lives shown in order to individually understand them. The fact that in the film everyone seems to be seeking enlightenment, and being council estate children, they have been through alot and want to feel loved, I believe that the psycho-graphic group this film is aimed at are the Reformers.

Finally after all the hard work, despite having the experience required, the film did become a huge success and it left Ben Drew with two rewards, overall making it an award winning movie.