Ill Manors
Synopsis
Welcome to London, 2012. Home of the Olympic Games. Behind the veil of newly injected prosperity lies a community that's impossible to enter and even harder to escape.
After 15 years in prison ex-dealer Kirby wants three simple things; to take back his turf, to get laid and to take revenge on the gangsters who have disrespected him. But, a humiliating run-in with his former protégé sparks a chain of violence, vengeance and lethal reprisals that ripple through the community of drug dealers, pimps and innocents all swept up into the cycle of violence and deception.
Then there's Aaron: street-wise yet vulnerable, just trying to get by and do the right thing while his ruthless friend, Ed, will stop at nothing to reclaim a mobile phone leading to deadly consequences.
Details
- Year
- 2012
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 110 mins
- Format
- 4K Digital
- Director
-
Ben Drew 1st Feature
- Producer
- Atif Ghani
- Executive Producer
- Phil Hunt, Justin Marciano, Compton Ross, Nick Taussig, Kris Thykier
- Editor
- Hugh Williams, David Freeman, Sotira Kyraciou, Farrah Drabu
- Screenwriter
- Ben Drew
- Director of Photography
- Gary Shaw
- Production Designer
- Fabrice Spelta
- Composer
- Plan B/Ben Drew
- Principal cast
- Riz Ahmed, Natalie Press
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Film London Microwave project
Microwave
Film LondonSte 6.10, The Tea Bldg
56 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6JJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7613 7676
Aimimage Productions
22 & 24 St Pancras WayLondon
NW1 0NT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7391 2650
Sales Company
Bankside Films
Douglas House3 Richmond Buildings
London
W1D 3HE
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 3566
Fax: +44 (0)20 3230 1059
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