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In the restive east of London, there is a different drama about the life of a young man torn apart. The young man's shattered life began during the period of social unrest in the East London real estate, where a young man loved a girl elsewhere. Perhaps the difference of place will be difficult and puzzling under strange circumstances.
While he doesn't quite tackle a new subject for a first-time British film-maker, Jamie Jones delivers something different and for the most part absorbing in Obey, a drama set during the East London riots of 2011.
Writer/director Jamie Jones sets the story, location, urban scenes and tense relationships in a boiling pot brimming over with illicit drug use, binge drinking, petty crime and the wildness of youth.
It's an ambitious first film, with a lot to admire, but there is also the nagging feeling that despite wanting to present another perspective, Obey is sometimes guilty of trotting out clichés... That aside, it's a valiant debut.