GUENOT PHILIPPE That powerful piece of work astonished me. A real hit in the face. More a social drama, bloody, brutal at the most, more than a thriller - which is absolutely not - or a common crime flick. Anyway nothing to do with the other UK crime films, craps, which are directly released in DVD, craps that try to look like Tarantino or Guy Ritchie's movies. The guy who made this gave all his guts, his wrath, his pain, his soul, his blood. Poignant scenes, moving sequences, British are really the masters in the social field: see Ken Loach.

Jonathon Natsis The debut feature from Ben Drew (better known as rapper Plan B) makes some interesting inroads as a gritty gangster film bent on uncovering the many flaws of David Cameron's broken Britain. But, at an ill-advised two-hour plus runtime and an ill-managed script that very quickly degenerates into a nonsensical shamble of f-bombs, c-bombs, 'innits' and 'bruvvas', Ill Manors looks more like an unassuming eight-year-old with a painted gold chain and counterfeit snapback: he thinks he's tough, but he's the only one.The effort made to blend the six stories surrounding the film's doomed night crawlers – four drug dealers and a pair of prostitutes – is a respectable one. However, lost in the apparent coolness of overlapping one twisted life with another is the expectation that these stories will eventually lead to something – which they don't. There is still some to like about Drew's ambling adventure, though. Ahmed is believable as a conflicted soul trying to help, and each character is introduced via an original rap song sung by the director. But because the basics of filmmaking deflate these otherwise creative moments, one gets the impression the whole project would've worked better as a storytelling album (a la Pink Floyd's The Wall or Kanye's College Dropout), not a feature film.*There's nothing I love more than a bit of feedback, good or bad. So drop me a line on [email protected] and let me know what you thought of my review. If you're looking for a writer for your movie website or other publication, I'd also love to hear from you.*

ianmacleod-337-98467 Blah Blah Blah..the following 3 words might as well be the only thing some reviewers of this movie should have written as their reviews are about as useful to movie lovers as a bullet proof vest is to superman.The movie is a solid drama/thriller,which is very very realistic,the seedy underworld of London is portrayed on the mark.the main focus however is a strange one,rather than an actual plot as such "ill manors" is a story about different kins of people all connected to the underworld(not a bad thing at all) in a different way and each persons story is connected via crossed paths,its very clever very well acted,the soundtrack is amazing,the attention to detail that drew has is immense.I would also like to comment that other reviewers trying to sound cultured and intelligent on IMDb have said drew is trying to gain street cred in with this movie obviously have no idea who Ben drew is and the fact that he has been the UK's most intelligent,profound and lyrically punishing rapper for the last ten years and he has enough cred to last 2 lifetimes,do your homework!!!.. this movie is a must see and also must buy album.great stuff!!!.

Saiph90 If ever there was a compare and contrast this was it for me this weekend, on Friday night I watched this movie which was made for £100,000 and on Saturday watched the truly terrible Battleship which was made for $209,000,000. The former has sharp dialogue, really great believable acting, well paced, gritty, dark and in a lot of ways thought provoking about the dysfunction in inner cities. The latter had me wanting the aliens to win and remove Taylor Kitsh from the screen.Go and see Ill Manor, it is how films should be made and it is made on a pittance compared to most films and shows a good script well handled and with excellent acting is better than some computer generated rubbish.