February 20, 2006

Kidulthood, A New Film Set In the UK Grime Scene

(Posted In Drama Film News Trailer Alert UK / Ireland / Australia / New Zealand )

kidulthood.jpgI don't know what it is but while I've never much cared for the vast majority of US hiphop and electronic music I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the UK revisions of those American art forms. Likewise, I have pretty much no interest in the huge majority of US based hip hop films. Maybe it's the rampant media over saturation of the US stuff, maybe it's the time spent growing up with a bunch of wealthy suburban white kids who wanted desperately to be Ice T, maybe it was the ridiculous number of rappers with the word 'ice' in their names growing up, but whatever the reason I've just always preferred the UK stuff.

Enter Kidulthood, a new film set in the UK grime music scene. The basic plot line looks like it could have been lifted from any number of films but it's pulled off with an undeniable sense of style and one impressive soundtrack. Nice.

Kidulthood Website (Trailer embedded within)

Thanks to Tom for the pointer.

» Posted by Todd at February 20, 2006 08:48 PM
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Reader Comments

Wow, another movie about angsty teens but this time with stupid accents. I can't wait!

» Posted by nm at February 21, 2006 06:36 PM

best film ever

» Posted by paul smith at February 22, 2006 09:57 AM

like the trailer, looks like a brilliant film
best british teen film ever they're calling it and they might be right
and silly accents, more like a good portraty of britain today

» Posted by ted baker at March 2, 2006 05:59 AM

2nd March 2006 - For my AS Media Studies trip, we (Stanmore College) got to see "Kidulthood" before anyone else. I got to say, thee movie was BRILLIANT!! Non of the actors were your Brad Pitts, yet it seemed like they'd been acting all their life!! The plot was brilliant, the movie was proper ghetto, and showed true street life - drugs, alcohol, sex and violence. I reccomend you all go see this movie as soon as it comes out, in fact I'm thinkin of going to see the movie again with some mates, it was that good. Definitely a 10/10 movie!!

» Posted by Arif at March 2, 2006 12:38 PM

i wan see da film buh it aint gon b in the cinamas round my area and amazon aint gon sell it on dvd were will i b able 2 buy it wen it does come on dvd

» Posted by sofie at March 4, 2006 10:31 AM

deeeeeeeeep film...got bare meainin to it

» Posted by charlie at September 1, 2006 07:18 PM

this is abad ass film

» Posted by tom at May 11, 2007 06:00 AM

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