This film, Kidulthood, portrays a day in the lives of a group of London teenagers and deals with themes of drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and gun crime. It shows the teenagers as irresponsible and not interested in their education. There is a lot of violence shown, mostly involving guns and knives, as the teenagers use violence to get what they want. The writer and co-star Noel Clark states that the film is based on reality and shows what is already happening in the streets of London, portraying the real issues involving teenagers that many people may not be aware of.

1. KIDULTHOOD
Mahir Choudhury

2. Kidulthood is a British film written by Noel Clarke and
directed by Menhaj Huda in 2006. It is about a day in
the lives of a group of teenagers and what happens
when they get the day off of school due to one of their
classmates committing suicide. It deals with themes of
drug and alcohol abuse, violence and gun crime. From
the beginning of the film we get a strong sense of how
the writer wanted teenagers to be portrayed in this film.
The opening scene is set in the school, with flyers
being handed around about a house party. Instantly we
get a sense that these teenagers are irresponsible and
cannot be trusted on their own when their parents
leave the house. When the school bell rings, the
students are very hesitant about going back to class
and seem in no hurry to do so. This shows their lack of
interest in their education and future prospects.

3. VIOLENCE
There is a lot of violence shown in this
film, mostly revolving around guns and
knives. The teenagers use their violence to
get what they want and do not seem to
know another way of going about it.

4. Hero - Trevor (or "trife"), who aims to defeat Sam Villain Sam, as he is seen to oppress the hero throughout the
narrative Helper - Jay and Moony, as they assist Trevor in his
quest to defeat Sam Donor - Trevor's uncle Curtis, as he causes
Trevor to become more mature throughout the
narrative. Dispatcher - Katie, as her suicide indicates Sam's
oppression towards others, causing Trevor to begin his quest to
defeat Sam. The princess - Alisa, who is pregnant with Trevor's
baby, eventually ends up reconciling with Trevor just before his
death. The False/Anti Hero - Trevor's uncle Curtis, as he is
admired by Trevor to begin with, but later on Trevor realises that
he is evil and a bad influence.

5. Writer and co-star Noel Clark, who plays Sam
states,”There is nothing in this film that is not
based on reality and that isn’t happening
already.” This tells us that all these things such
as drug use and violence is already going on in
the streets of London. This film shows us the
reality of what is really going on as many
people would not know that some of these
things would happen especially involving
teenagers.