Yardie (2018)


Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home. But 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.

Yardie (2018)

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Released Year: 2018
Runtime: 101 minutes
Genre: Crime
Directors: Idris Elba
Writers: Martin Stellman

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Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home. But 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.

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Reviews


80
CineVue - Zoe Margolis
Overall this is a remarkable debut from Elba, and it makes for an engaging, captivating watch.
60
The Guardian - Mike McCahill
A debut of unarguable promise, though – plenty to build on if Elba can resist the adolescent lure of running round with 007’s PPK.
60
Empire - Jimi Famurewa
Neither a luridly enjoyable piece of Scarface-style pulp or a nuanced genre subversion, Idris Elba’s directorial debut is a fitfully entertaining 1980s gangster thriller.
40
The Observer (UK) - Simran Hans
An over-explanatory voiceover seems to indicate a lack of confidence in the script’s jumbled plotting and laggy pacing. The performances aren’t bad (Ameen’s charisma eclipses the expositional dialogue), but the stakes feel low and the characters gangster-movie generic.

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