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Based on the novel by Victor Headley, the film
follows the story of D, a young Jamaican who arrives in London
in the 1980s and comes across the man who, a decade earlier,
killed his brother in Jamaica. Rather than abandon his life of
crime, he soon sets out on a bloody quest for justice.
The film, released in UK cinemas this Friday, comes after
London's murder rate overtook that of New York for the first
time earlier this year.
"A film like this is, I guess, a piece of perspective for young
youths to remember that...we've been here before and there's
ways to curb violence, there's ways to get around that," Elba
told Reuters at the film's premiere.
"We've had (resurgences) of violence and we've lost them again.
And if this film was to do anything it would be a nostalgic
postcard to the times when it was like that before so we can
move away."
While there are plenty of guns, drugs and violence in the film,
redemption and love are also themes.
"Even though it's a gangster film it's also a love story, the
characters are very humanized and so you get to appreciate
that," actress Shantol Jackson said.
Elba is best known for series "The Wire" and "Luther" and movies
"Thor" and "Beasts of No Nation". There has been speculation
that he could take over from Daniel Craig to become the next
James Bond.
"Of course, I would be a robot if there was no fear," he said of
his first-time directing.
"A lot of preparation, research, can alleviate that fear," he
said. "I've got experience on set so I didn't have a fear of
sets it was just making sure I told a good story."
(Reporting By Jayson Mansaray; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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