Review: West 10 LDN (2008)

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The TV series that never made it, so now we’re left with a very watchable mini-movie.

Originally made as the pilot to a TV series by Kidulthood director Noel Clarke; West 10 LDN lays out various characters on an estate in inner city London. Some are involved in crime, some are the victims of crime and others are just trying to survive.

Because it was made for TV it lacks some of the bite of later films like Bullet Boy or Victim which pretty much focus on the same issues, however I’m sure had the series been commissioned (and hence better financed) Noel would have given it a much more gritty edge and gotten to this.

If you enjoy the new wave of Black English inner city drama coming out of the UK its a must watch.

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