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Director: Nirpal Bhogal
Movie review
From Time Out London
Lurid inner-city street gang films are ten a penny these days, but this one from up-and-coming talent Nirpal Bhogal offers a fresh, insightful spin on a tired formula. Kayla (Aimee Kelly) is a fragile 16 year old who’s been torn away from her peers in Newcastle to join her older, wiser sister in London. She’s recruited by a hard-as-nails, all-girl street gang, and it’s not long before she’s furnishing lead-pipe-flavoured justice to a local rapist. Bhogal cites TV series ‘The Wire’ and film ‘Harry Brown’ as inspirations behind ‘Sket’, and while his film displays the rich, conflicted characters of the former, it thankfully abstains from the crude, isn’t-this-country-going-to-the-knackers-yard speechifying of the latter. His first big tick is awarded for understatement: the dialogue is sparse but engaging, and he’s not afraid to let glances and silences tell the story. Secondly, it’s a film of real substance that shows a timely interest in how and why gangs materialise.Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London Issue 2149: Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2011
User reviews of this film
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- sandy said...
- Posted on Nov 13 2011 19:36 fantastic, acting really strong young cast and also very pretty. I want to go and see again. Thought kayla(aimee kelly) was phenomanel.
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- Breezy said...
- Posted on Nov 03 2011 00:24 How much did Nirpal pay you to give this film four stars SMH
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- happy said...
- Posted on Oct 31 2011 14:06 seen this film on saturday, fantastic acting i really enjoyed it considering its not the kind of film i would normally go and see loved it
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- su said...
- Posted on Oct 30 2011 22:38 What a let down. This film had such a poor story, was really badly written and the characters were poorly developed. It was so bad that we asked for a refund at the end of the film. Felt robbed of our money and time.
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- Disappointed said...
- Posted on Oct 29 2011 00:23 Don't bother. it's rubbish
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- miffty said...
- Posted on Oct 12 2011 21:34 carnt wait to see this looks really exciting.
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- Nadz said...
- Posted on Oct 01 2011 17:33 This actually looks really good, can't wait to watch it now ,
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- Trish said...
- Posted on Sep 29 2011 19:33 The cast includes Lily Loveless - not Lily Tomlin!!!
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Cast & crew
Director: Nirpal Bhogal
Cast: Aimee Kelly, Riann Steele, Emma Hartley-Miller, Ashley Walters, Lily Loveless
Rated: 15
Duration: 83 mins
UK Release: Oct 28 2011
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