Ricky (played by Ashley Walters, aka So Solid Crew's Asher D) is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom (Leon Black) against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit for tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis (Luke Fraser), hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother (Claire Perkins) and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist? Evocatively filmed in East London, and with terrific performances throughout, Saul Dibb's debut feature is a striking portrait of two black boys growing up in inner city London, a terrifically realised, provocative and pertinent social drama, and a timely damning of gun crime and its devastating effects.

Has anyone been to see any of the previews of this film yet?

I know a lot of people may roll their eyes and think 'gun crime in a black film again', but i went o see it last night and the acting is obviously not the best but i liked the film. Instead of glorifying the gun scene it gave a realistic insight into how some get into it and how it can be difficult to try and get out of it.

My cousin plays Asha D's younger brother (main reason i went to see it), but i did 'enjoy' it.

Has anyone seen it? If so, what did you think? If not, it is out in April.