Shifty - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
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Writer/director Eran Creevy makes an astonishing debut with SHIFTY, the powerful tale that charts 24 hours in the life of a crack dealer in a London suburb. Shifty (Riz Ahmed �DEAD SET) sells crack cocaine in his neighbourhood, living life a minute at a time and always one step ahead of a rival dealer who is intent on setting him up. When Chris (Daniel Mays � THE BANK JOB), a childhood friend, reappears in his life, and learning that his family is ready to disown him, Shifty is forced to confront the chaotic future he fast heading towards. |
Total Film
Mercifully free of Danny Dyer cameos or Guy Ritchie mockneyisms, this works as both entertaining gangster thriller and a hard-hitting piece of social realism. Absorbing, moving and authentic, SHIFTY never once strikes a false note