Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29688 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-29
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 86 minutes

DVD Description
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GUNS ON OUR STREETS. THIS IS THE STORY OF ONE. Ricky (Ashley Walters, aka So Solid Crew's Asher D), just out of a young offenders' institute and heading home to Hackney, is determined to go straight. Instead, he heads into trouble when he becomes involved in a street clash and sides with his best friend 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, 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. With a sound track by Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), Bullet boy is a gritty and realistic look at life in the violent world of Britain's gun culture.

Synopsis
Ricky comes to the rescue of a friend during a street clash with a rival gang. He soon finds that his efforts to go straight, after spending time in a young offender's institution, are tested to the full when the gang situation escalates.

Customer Reviews

Bullet Boy
If there is one objective that any self-respecting director aims to achieve then it is this: to touch a nerve and connect with his audience. Only through this achievement can the message and/or morals of a film be fully understood by the spectators. In my opinion Saul Dibb manages to attain this goal with his portrayal of a vicious cycle of life in the streets of Hackney.Walters, considering he was a jailed member of So Solid Crew not so long ago, is a potentially risky choice of leading man but the gamble by Dibb in green-lighting him for his first major role can be considered to have paid dividends. Having been jailed for gun offences Walters has a wealth of experience to tap into and is able to convey the poignant messages of the director. Firstly, and quite simply, that guns are bad. Secondly, that deprived areas are difficult to extricate yourself from, in both social and economic contexts. To bring this review to a quick and simple end: see this film, you won't be disappointed.

Not a British Boyz n the Hood...better!
To label this film a British Boyz n the Hood does it a disservice. It was finitely more nuanced in its script and the acting was superb. Importantly, the struggles over masculinity are multilayered and the role of men in these boys lives isn't overdetermined. Finally, for once black mothers aren't demonized, but depicted as doing their best to raise upstanding black men in a society hostile to blackness.

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i thought this film was superb i thought that asher d played a fantastic part and i think the director hit all the spots he wanted to he did not big up gun crime it portrayed how life on the street is. Fantastic