Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- gritty
- bleak
- confrontational
- gritty crime night
- british cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the film as a largely positive, gritty British crime drama with ambitious interconnected storytelling and strong musical identity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Plan B combines street-crime storytelling with songs and stylized performance passages throughout the film.
The plot explores four drug dealers, a user, and two prostitutes whose lives overlap in London’s criminal underworld.
The film focuses on drug dealing, prostitution, addiction, and gang activity in a harsh contemporary British cityscape.
Its interconnected stories foreground prostitution, drug use, gang structures, and marginalization rather than treating crime as isolated individual failure.
Films like Ill Manors, and why
La Haine
gritty british crime drama, social realism, and intersecting criminal lives
Bullet Boy
urban crime narratives, bleak social observation, and morally compromised characters
Kidulthood
british hood film atmosphere, drug culture, and street-level criminal conflict
City of God
ensemble crime storytelling, prostitution, and harsh urban realism
Movie Details
- Director
- Plan B
- Release Date
- 2012-06-06
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (152)
Cast
- Riz Ahmed
- Ed Skrein
- Natalie Press
- Anouska Mond
- Mem Ferda
- Dannielle Brent
- Martin Serene
- Nick Sagar
- Jo Hartley
- Neil Large
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ill Manors about?
- A harsh, music-infused British crime drama tracing interconnected lives trapped in London’s drug trade, prostitution, and street violence.
- What is Ill Manors like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ill Manors as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ill Manors violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ill Manors as graphic.
- What did critics think of Ill Manors?
- Critics broadly viewed the film as a largely positive, gritty British crime drama with ambitious interconnected storytelling and strong musical identity.
- Which films are like Ill Manors?
- Films with a similar feel include La Haine, Bullet Boy, Kidulthood, and City of God.
- How long is Ill Manors?
- Ill Manors runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ill Manors?
- In United States, Ill Manors is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
