Bullet Boy (20th Anniversary) (15)

You only get one shot at life.

Ricky (Ashley Walters), just out of a young offenders’ institute and heading home to Hackney, is determined to go straight. Instead, he heads into trouble when he’s involved in a street clash – siding with his best mate Wisdom against a local gang member.

The trouble escalates into a series of incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky’s 12-year-old brother Curtis, adores Ricky but seems smart enough to know he doesn’t want to follow his example.

However, despite the warnings from his mother, Ricky’s bad boy appeal might prove to be too attractive for Curtis to resist…

Bringing his documentary influences to the big screen, director Saul Dibb‘s critically-acclaimed 2005 debut feature is a hard-hitting yet delicately handled look at two troubled, street-smart boys in one of East London’s most volatile neighbourhoods. Now for it’s 20th Anniversary, BFI ESCAPES brings it back to the big screen, for FREE. A perfect opportunity to watch again, or to experience for the first time.

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