Bullet Boy (2004)

Bullet Boy (2004). 1h 29m | R

“I wasnu0026#39;t expecting too much of this film before I saw it, but I have to say I was wrong to think it would be dull. Although American audiences — and, in fact, non-London-dwelling audiences — probably wonu0026#39;t appreciate it for its wonderful depiction of east London, I find myself for once thankful that I live in Hackney. Some scenes around the Hackney Marshes and Lea Valley are astonishingly lush, to the extent that I had my doubts they were actually filmed there, because they present such a contrast to the grubby streets Iu0026#39;m used to, and which are portrayed in other parts of the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne of the other things that struck me was the accuracy of the dialogue — I know this sounds a bit silly, but itu0026#39;s easy to get wrong, and in Bullet Boy there wasnu0026#39;t a word out of place. Lines like u0026quot;that dogu0026#39;s like my brethrenu0026quot; are faintly amusing, but people do actually speak like that, and Bullet Boy got it exactly right.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think Bullet Boy is a beautiful film, and have in fact only one gripe besides perhaps its inaccessibility for people who arenu0026#39;t English: the editing-over of a sign at a train station from the station name to u0026#39;Platform 2u0026#39;. Iu0026#39;m an appalling pedant.”