i can not recommend this film a a date movie . gary oldman semi autobiographical account of life live on a south east london estate be a violent and beckettian account of one of dante circle of hell and frankly . at the centre of it be ray winstone and who have do this sort of character before but never as well . the film open with him order drink at a pub bar that all and you be already grip with a sense of the frustration and self loathing and barbarism that he exhibit in many different way throughout the course of the movie . it an act masterclass . of course the stymied and dispossess need a foil in a drama such a this and winstone be match by kathy burke a his long suffering wife and who absorb and ultimately reject his unbearable behaviour . charlie creed mile do an able turn a the fuse light druggie son billy although he must have wonder sometimes exactly what he let himself in for . gary oldman directs close up on the actor and maximise the claustrophobia of their council flat squalor . 4/10 .