Ill Manors
Use the planning sheet we worked on in class to write a 500-word review of Ill Manors.
Look at examples of film reviews and make sure you use the key conventions:
- Name of film, year of release and director
- Optional star rating
- Basic introduction to plot and characters - without giving away the ending!
- Comments on notable elements, strengths or weaknesses
- Your own views on the film (ideally blended with the point above)
- A snappy or memorable ending that sums up the film
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The film Ill Manors was released in june 2012 and directed by Ben Drew who is also known as Plan B. The genre of the film is a crime, drama set in the Britain. The main character of the film is played by Riz Ahmed who is portrayed as a character that is morally conflicted.
This film is based on the lives of different characters throughout the film that go through different struggles and dealing with different situations. This multi-narrative film involves the stories of characters like prostitutes, single mothers and drug dealers. It heavily focuses on the negatives of living in a council estate. however there are some positives which are seen towards the end.
What was interesting was the unique way of portraying the film and how it was presented to the audience. Each character is introduced by Ben Drew himself as he is the narrator, how he does this is by rapping the backstory of their life which gives the audience an idea of what they have gone through and how they have come to be where they are in the current moment of the film. The narrator repetitively interrupts the film every time a new character is introduced which is unconventional of a typical film. However, i like the fact that he incorporates the art of rapping which is what he originally was known for in his film.
What is also interesting about this film is how the narrative is not conveyed in a linear direction in the film. Each character that is introduced plays an important role in the film and in other characters stories as well as they are all linked.
In my opinion i think that Ben Drew got across to the audience what he wanted to highlight in the film. The fact that people that live in areas like this struggle to go about their daily lives and that they are in a repetitive cycle. It is clear to the audience from the moral conflicts of Riz Ahmed's character the difficulties there are in picking the right choice.
overall the film is a very well done and produced very well.
What was interesting was the unique way of portraying the film and how it was presented to the audience. Each character is introduced by Ben Drew himself as he is the narrator, how he does this is by rapping the backstory of their life which gives the audience an idea of what they have gone through and how they have come to be where they are in the current moment of the film. The narrator repetitively interrupts the film every time a new character is introduced which is unconventional of a typical film. However, i like the fact that he incorporates the art of rapping which is what he originally was known for in his film.
What is also interesting about this film is how the narrative is not conveyed in a linear direction in the film. Each character that is introduced plays an important role in the film and in other characters stories as well as they are all linked.
In my opinion i think that Ben Drew got across to the audience what he wanted to highlight in the film. The fact that people that live in areas like this struggle to go about their daily lives and that they are in a repetitive cycle. It is clear to the audience from the moral conflicts of Riz Ahmed's character the difficulties there are in picking the right choice.
overall the film is a very well done and produced very well.
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