Rent Bullet Boy (2004)
3.3 of 5 from 74 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
- Ricky (Ashley Walters), just out of a young offenders' institute and heading home to Hackney, is determined to go straight. Instead, he heads into trouble when he's involved in a street clash - siding with his best mate Wisdom against a local gang member. The trouble escalates into a series of incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis (Luke Fraser), adores Ricky but seems smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. However, despite the warnings from his mother, Ricky's bad boy appeal might prove to be too attractive for Curtis to resist...
- Actors:
- Ashley Walters, Luke Fraser, Leon Black, Claire Perkins, Sharea-mounira Samuels, Curtis Walker, Rio Tison, Clark Lawson, Jadiel Vitalis, Sylvester Williams, Jaime Winstone, Louise Delamere, Des Hamilton, Chris Callendar, Husseyn Clus
- Directors:
- Saul Dibb
- Producers:
- Marc Boothe, Ruth Caleb, Paul Hamann
- Writers:
- Saul Dibb, Catherine Johnson
- Aka:
- The Boys
- Studio:
- Redbus
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/03/2010
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English LPCM Stereo
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Behind the shots
- The Auditions
- 2 trailers
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Reviews (1) of Bullet Boy
No Glamour in the Gun - Bullet Boy review by griggs
When it came out, I gave this one a wide berth—probably because I bought into the tabloid line that it was glamorising gun culture. Ashley Walters, fresh from So Solid Crew and a stretch in a Young Offenders Institute, seemed to fit the story too neatly. How wrong that was. Bullet Boy does the very opposite.
What it offers instead is a bleak portrait of a young man trying to break free of violence while the world around him keeps pulling him back in. Walters is quietly convincing, never playing for sympathy, just showing how hard it is to change course when your postcode and past won’t let you.
The film isn’t perfect. Its symbolism can feel heavy, and the narrative is more predictable than it wants to be. But its honesty lingers. This isn’t a glamour shoot; it’s a cautionary tale, stark and unpolished, about the cycles of violence that trap people long before they ever pull a trigger.
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