This film is a masterpiece and here's why.
Firstly, at a low budget of £100,000 this film is absolutely astonishing.
Warning there are spoilers in this post if you haven't seen the film.
Yes - there is the portrayal of an angry, arrogant bunch of people who are considered the lowest of the low among us. Of course it is perhaps exaggerating the situation, but i don't think that he takes it too far in doing so.
There are people out there like this that we never come to realize or notice, simply because we choose to ignore it. The opening sentences is the reality among most of Britain today - he is explaining the significance of things "we find insignificant but won't further down the line" (if we are to end up in the same situation).
From this comes a gritty, truthful and blood pumping story which is all well put together and composed into one brilliantly and in a horrifying manner.
As you have all noticed from the ending, Drew (Plan B), is the taxi driver narrating the entire story. He see's this go on all day and everyday, things we (the general public) are never exposed to, whether this has a meaning behind it or not - i found it a clever end to the film.
Those who say that this portrays a dark and gloomy side to the council estates of London - you are correct. However what people fail to realise is that this film doesn't just focus about the bad negative sides of council estate lives. In fact, many of the characters involved are not council homed, showing our real lack of understanding in that this happens outside of them too - the place where we believed everything wrong in England to come from. However, the main character for instance, is trapped in a world he doesn't want to be in. He is provided with several opportunities to participate in the "bad" activities that happen all around him yet he doesn't. It portrays a message of hope, in that after witnessing these horrific things that have happened around him he finally opens the letter and leaves. The prostitute although a drug addict and a shady character truly has a good side to her and wants to help the immigrant mother find her child. Even Ed, who we are convinced has no moral standards and good to him at the end risks his life to save the child. I never would have expected him to do so ad thought he would simply walk out. This however could be seen when he hands the child over to the pub owners. although he did financially benefit from it, it must be argued that he had a point in doing in. Again, proving that these dark, horrible people do have some kind of morals although they have had them challenged through their lives. The same cant be said for others though - and that is what people watching the film focus on - Chris for example, but his wrongdoings finally come and bite him at the end.
A lot of the acting was heart hitting and horrifying at the same time. There are so many things I would mention regarding the actors but this I feel would be left better to a review. It's one of those films that really makes you rethink the world you live in.
To say the acting was shabby and un-realistic is being once again ignorant. It is a fantastic portrayal of some of the worst kind of people living in London and trust me, they do exist.