“You only get one shot at life.”
Ricky 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 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, 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 and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?
Saul Dibb
Marc Boothe
Ruth Caleb
Paul Hamann
Saul Dibb
Catherine Johnson
Marcel Zyskind
Neil Davidge
Ashley Walters
Ricky
Luke Fraser
Curtis
Clare Perkins
Beverley
Curtis Walker
Leon
Sharea Samuels
Shea
Jaime Winstone
Natalie
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Ashley Walters and Clare Perkins on Bullet Boy's 20th anniversary | BFI Q&A
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