100 Streets

100 Streets (2016)

• Director: Jim O’Hanlon
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Franz Drameh, Charlie Creed-Miles, Kierston Wareing, Tom Cullen, Ken Stott
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Idris Elba – The Mountain Between Us, Molly’s Game, The Dark tower, Pacific Rim, Prometheus, Thor, 28 Weeks Later, The Wire, Crocodile Shoes, Absolutely Fabulous
• Gemma Arterton – Their Finest, The Girl with All the Gifts, Song for Marion, Kick Ass Girls St Trinian’s, The Boat that Rocks, Quantum of Solace, Lost in Austen
• Franz Drameh – River, Edge of Tomorrow, Attack the Block
• Charlie Creed-Miles – Hustle, White Teeth, Nil by Mouth, The Fifth Element
• Kierston Wareing – The Liability, Fish Tank
• Tom Cullen – Orphan Black
• Ken Stott – Fortitude, The Hobbit x3, Casanova, The Girl in the Café, The Boxer, Fever Pitch, Takin’ over the Asylum, The Shallow Grave, King Lear
• Why? Idris and Arterton
• Seen:  29 March 2020

             Max (Elba), a rich and famous ex-rugby champion, and Emily (Arterton), a former actor, are separated, both guilty of adultery. Kingsley (Drameh) is a young ex-con and gang member from the blocks who promises his sister that he’ll never go back to prison but it looks like that’s where he’s heading. George (Creed-Miles) and Kathy (Wareing) want to adopt but snags from his past get in their way. Three dramas taking place in Lodnon within a hundred streets but worlds apart.

       Things go from bad to worse. It’s a very sad film. Please let things work out for these people.  

4 * of 5