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A story about a black kid joining a white skinhead gang in the 1980s. Starting there this film lends itself to all kinds of controversial arguments, and yet the handling of its director, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, fails to give his debut the necessary strength to handle a subject like this. The subject matter is raw and delicate and the director doesn't shy away from being equally raw with his narrative handling, but despite this, there is a void that he cannot fill to make his story more complex and emotional. I applaud the work of his cast, especially his young lead Damson Idris, but this film fell far short of what it could have represented.