Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Another wannabe thug

My Brother the Devil (2012)

Written and Directed by Sally El Hosaini this film stars James Floyd, Fady Elsayed and Said Taghmaoui. The younger son of a family of Egyptian immigrants in London looks to emulate his older brother and become involved in the criminal life.

Despite being pretty well made in all areas this is a fairly average entry into a crowded genre of coming of age stories told against the background of low level crime. About the only unusual element here is the inclusion of a gay story line but while unusual is not exactly ground breaking. Most of the direction and acting is good but like the rest of the film it is solid rather than impressive.


3/5

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