Anuvahood (2011)
5/10
Anuvahood
9 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I had heard about this film somewhere, then I saw clips on TV and thought it looked reasonable, so I certainly became keen to see it. Basically, on the Goonbred Estate somewhere in London lives young wannabe bad boy Kenneth (Kidulthood's Adam Deacon, also writing and directing) or 'Kay' as he prefers to be known. He thinks he has all the moves and swagger, but he is just deluding himself to realities. He works for Laimsburys and ends up getting punched trying to act hard, and he quits his job after being insulted by Russell (Richard Blackwood). This is followed by his family being skint and bailiffs coming round. Hoping to fix his problems, Kay starts selling weed. But he finds out he is selling on his turf Tyrone (Richie Campbell), who starts terrorising Kay and his friends. Tyrone nicks their money and stuff, including a Sony PSP from Lesoi (Michael Vu), some sneakers from T. J. (Jazzie Zonzolo), a phone from Bookie (Femi Oyeniran) and a Spanish-English journal from Enrique (Ollie Barbieri). Because of him being a wasteman and allowing these things to happen, Kay's friends ditch him. To win his friends back, he decides to sneak into Tyrone's to steal back the stolen stuff, and this is while he is in the house making love to his girlfriend Maria (Big Brother 7's Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace). Tyrone ends up caught by his real girlfriend Tasha (3 Non-Blondes' Jocelyn Jee Esien) having sex, and when he finds out that he was set up by Kay he is vex and goes to beat him up severely. His friends come to his aid, only to end up getting beaten themselves. But Tyrone's boss, one of the biggest serial gangsters in London, shows up and breaks up the fighting, putting him in his place. The boss tells Kay and his friends if they get bullied by Tyrone or his gang again they should inform him. In the end, Kay and his friends have their lives return to normal, he gets his job with Laimsburys back, and he meets the beautiful Shay (Mz Bratt). Also starring Ashley Walters as Cracks, Dennis Pennis star Paul Kaye as Tony, Dead Set's Jaime Winstone as Yasmin, Terry Stone as Terry, Eddie Kadi as Tunde, Jason Maza as Darren, Carmell Roche as Kesha, Birds of a Feather's Linda Robson as Pauline, Smack the Pony's Doon Mackichan as Patricia, and Lethal Bizzle as Lloyd. This film was a spoof of the recent British urban teenage dramas, including Kidulthood and Adulthood, which Deacon starred in. It certainly gives us some laughs with the stereotypical characters with their chavvy attitudes, street lingo and what they get up to, with a good cast of recognisable actors and a witty enough script, it is an amusing and alright urban comedy. Worth watching!
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