Yardie

Movie Ranked #1360 | 2018 - Crime, Drama
Set in '70s Kingston and '80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he's not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to aba ... More from IMDb
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Best two reviews:
1) CineVue - Overall this is a remarkable debut from Elba, and it makes for an engaging, captivating watch. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) Empire - Neither a luridly enjoyable piece of Scarface-style pulp or a nuanced genre subversion, Idris Elba’s directorial debut is a fitfully entertaining 1980s gangster thriller. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
2) The Guardian - A debut of unarguable promise, though – plenty to build on if Elba can resist the adolescent lure of running round with 007’s PPK. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
3) The Observer (UK) - An over-explanatory voiceover seems to indicate a lack of confidence in the script’s jumbled plotting and laggy pacing. The performances aren’t bad (Ameen’s charisma eclipses the expositional dialogue), but the stakes feel low and the characters gangster-movie generic. (Rating: 40) Read Full Review >
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