be hail by some a the best british film of the century ( big issue ) and british cinema at it best ( the scotsman ) and on the back of several prestigious film award from festival around the world london to brighton have a lot to live up to . it doesn not disappoint and dark and violent and gritty and bleak this be what mike leigh would be like if he do 18 certificate film with shane meadow a his assistant . from the opening sequence of the two main character burst batter and bruise into a public toilet it grip like a hand round the throat and only let up to become uncomfortable and it be certainly an assault on the sens and sensibility of the cinema audience who take this brutal journey along with the character on screen . shot on a relatively low budget but manage to not seem so and the film main trick be in the editing and jump cut and flashback only add to the suspense a you begin to piece together the whole sordid story . with some superb act from the cast and especially joanne who portray her vulnerability like toby kebbell do in dead man shoe and and a suitably dirty soundtrack the whole thing feel very british . it have the grainy look of get carter mix with the grey of any ken loach and the backdrop of dirty street and dirtier wall only make scene like the two polystyrene cup blow in the wind ( reminiscent of the carrier bag in american beauty ) all the more beautiful . there be of course other nod like a shot that linger on a doorway for age instead of show u what happen inside which remind me of a similar shot in hitchcock film frenzy . although not an easy watch it manage to balance the bloody with the beautiful and the violence with the unlikely friendship between the two main female lead and triumph just a everyone say a one of the best british thriller of recent year . london to brighton deserves to be a huge hit and it bold and it brilliant and it british and it prove once again that we have a thriving film industry pack full of talented people that can still give hollywood a run for it money .