london to brighton be a superb slice of british crime pulp while a no nonsense and down and dirty tale of two relatively weak individual and give the parameter of the genre and desperate to get away from the lifestyle they have grim and bar up until this point . systematically and one particular character must balance evade capture with the take on of the moral responsibility that come with look after a much young individual they have unwittingly rope into this world by way of child prostitution . if there be a distinct shrill ring throughout u a the film play out and it because while conform to gangster genre convention and we see most of the world and most of the film unfold through the eye and ultimately with two female represent a very young girl and a middle age woman and two people we feel be under threat and will have harm come to them if theyre caught . this be in stark contrast to usual crime film fare while in which crime infuse male can be on the run and or can owe a debt and or whatever but do not necessarily carry the same vulnerability . thus and london to brighton and with it scuzzy and raw feel and come across a scary while more frightening in it depiction of a world and the character within and overall attention to genre . the girl on the run be twelve year old joanne ( groome ) and the much elder kelly ( stanley ) and a prostitute . theyre play by two actress more familiar to televisual work and a low down support role in feature film and but here be give the chance to shine in lead role and snap up the opportunity in the process . their predicament be a set up that can be pitch in little to no word and immediately get across a sense of urgency . the film begin with the two in a public toilet while panic stricken and act in nervous manner while something go wrong and theyre about to go on the run from a london base crime syndicate a those connect to the organisation chase them . the film get across a sense of the sort of danger theyre in without ever really show anything and instead opt for the talk of an off screen event or individual . on this occasion and the talk of potentially of go to prison for what it be they have do be most prominent an item of which plant seed of great worry in our mind a we observe these relatively hapless and physically out of breath with their clothes tear and clearly in a bad shape and people stumble through the seamy and low level base location they inhabit . the introduction of derek ( harris ) and kelly pimp and and the potential threat that he carry a a character be only bring into perspective when it be reveal he answer far still to an individual high up than he be while the son of the leader of this organisation . where derek be more extroverted and animate while stuart ( spruell ) and the high up and be calm and dress more formally and talk in a quieter manner which quickly push the boundary out far a to whom act a more of a threat and without take away any of the initial menace derek inhabits . this minute and but observe ploy and capture the film tone of get in deep while of assume something to be of a specific nature but then have to recognise a new threat and or new predicament and which furthers feeling and emotion . a an event which spawn the mess everyone find themselves in and it be reveal that joanne be a runaway wonder the street of london and and be quickly pick up by both derek and kelly when it be make apparent a local crime bos and stuart father and want a young girl to fee some depraved sexual craving . joanne carry with her a mouth and an ability to small talk her way through conversation with adult that we truly feel she might actually possess . the locale in which she be require for whatever perverted plan be in store for her be present by way of brilliant and white light while a blinding light that reflect off of seemingly marble wall while floor and white pillar dot around the room . the mise en scene and colour give it a disturb sense of resemble ancient rome and specifically in appearance while in all it rich and beautiful and robe deck in glory . the sheer contrast of locale between what be present through the city of london and brighton and the latter of which itself look like a sunny while beach housing while amusement display safe haven compare to london and be stark and disorientate and disturb . the film really be fine feature debut and amongst the best of last decade and sits alongside work such a donnie darko while one hour photo and memento . there a real sense of terror in london to brighton while an immediacy which you feel be bear out of the two female lead and their place in the film work within a genre which would usually and in term of kelly role a a prostitute and see them relegate to a nothing support role or to act a mere eye candy . it willingness to have it woman act in an independent and strong manner see them break away from order in a very male dominate world and that of crime and and render them character whom have limit while moral and know that when the line be to be draw and it must be draw and no matter what the consequence or whom one be deal with . london to brighton form an exciting passage of film make out of a relatively routine idea and with guided attention toward mostly all of the character and stuart of which go through his own series of frighten change later on while awareness of how the film should look at very specific point and get the best out of a low key cast . director paul williams have triumph .