Brotherhood is a 2016 British drama film directed by Noel Clarke that serves as the sequel to his 2008 film Adulthood. It follows Sam Peel, who has settled down with a family, as he seeks revenge after his brother is shot by a gangster. Produced by Noel Clarke's company Unstoppable Entertainment, the film stars Clarke and a number of British rappers. While reviews praised it as a fitting conclusion to Clarke's "hood trilogy", some critics faulted the film for its excessive violence and treatment of women.

1. Brotherhood (2016)

2. Genre & Background
• Brotherhood is a British drama film focusing on gangster warfare in London.
• The director, Noel Clarke, also produced, wrote and stars in this film. Brotherhood is
the most recent film in the ‘hood’ trilogy and is sequel to Adulthood (2008). The first
film in the trilogy is Kidulthood (2006). Noel Clarke starred in the entire trilogy and is
credited with screenplay in Kidulthood and was the director of Adulthood.
• There was a spin-off film made in 2011 called Anuvahood however contained more
comedy. Actor, Adam Deacon, directed and starred in this film and made his
breakthrough in the film, Kidulthood , after impressing Noel Clarke in auditions.
• However, things turned sour when Noel Clarke asked for the film not to be called
Anuvahood but Deacon signed a contract stating how Clarke would no longer be
affiliated with this film. Deacon proceeded in the making of the film and called it
Anuvahood. This led to a bitter feud between the pair and they are no longer friends.

3. Cast
• Stormzy as Yardz
• Aaron Eaton as Teardrop
• Red Madrell as Alisa
• Cornell John as Curtis
• Jack McMullen as Drew
• Fady Elsayed as Wino
• Leeshon Alexander as Hugz
• Daniel Anthony as Royston
• Shanika Warren-Markland as Kayla
• Noel Clarke as Sam Peel
• Bashy as Calvin
• Olivia Chenery as Sariya
• Nick Nevern as Detective Parkinson
• Steven Cree as Brick
• David Ajala as Detective Desmond
"Buds" Lynch
• Arnold Oceng as Henry
• Tonia Sotiropoulou as Janette
• Jason Maza as Daley/Mookz

4. Plot
• The setting takes place ten years on from Adulthood and Sam Peel has settled down
with a new partner and two kids. However he faces new dangers when a gunman,
Drew, shoots Sam’s brother Royston while playing at a gig. Sam realises he is a target
and ventures out to find who is orchestrating these attacks on him and the people
around him.

5. Production Companies
• The film is produced by the company, Unstoppable Entertainment, who are based in
London. They produce independent films and claim that they pride themselves on
“giving a platform to new talent” and aiming to advance their films to the
international market.
• The CEO of Unstoppable Entertainment and Head of Development is Noel Clarke and
he has also produced films outside the “hood” trilogy such as 4.3.2.1 and Storage 24.
Jason Maza is also CEO of this company and stars in Brotherhood.

6. Locations & general facts
• The total run-time of Brotherhood is 104 minutes
• Box Office: $2.7 million
• In June 2008, ADULTHOOD (the prequel) smashed industry expectations, taking the
no. 1 spot at the UK box office its opening weekend with £1.2 million.
Locations
• Ladbroke Grove, Kensington & Chelsea, London, England, UK
• Westfield Shopping Centre, Ariel Way, White City, London, England, UK.

7. Marketing
There are two official trailers of the film on
YouTube and one unofficial one. The two
official ones were released by LionsgateFilmsUK
channel, who distributed Brotherhood in the
UK. YouTube is a good platform to post trailers
because more teenagers and young adults use
YouTube which is the target audience of the
film
Release Dates
29 August 2016 (United Kingdom; limited)
2 September 2016 (United Kingdom; wide)

8. Distribution & Exhibition
• It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto
International Film Festival.
• BBFC rating of 15 - available on DVD but not Blu-Ray
Soundtrack
Album - Includes
new music from
Stormzy and
Krept & Konan

9. Critic Reviews
The general consensus is
that Brotherhood was a
fitting end to Noel Clarke’s
hood trilogy yet there are
some flaws. The film
portrays bad treatment of
women and contains too
much violence according to
top critics on Rotten
Tomatoes