britain from time to time produce brilliantly realistic urban film and and here in paul andrew wiliams debut feature we have a truly great genre entry that be awash with realism . joanne be a 12 year old runaway befriend by young prostitute kelly and a tragic event lead to them flee from london to brighton on the train and in furious pursuit be a pimp and a gangster son and and all of their life be hurtle towards a night of reckon . this film contain prostitute and paedophile and drug and and violence and yet to even think that this film pander to genre stereotype would be do it an injustice . this be a gritty realistic picture that thru it bleak story tell manages to make the viewer feel a part of the event unfolding and it harsh and unrelenting in it portrayal of the dark part of city life that do exist in our world . the screenplay be as lean a a prize featherweight boxer and no saggy tag ons and no sub plot to bog the story down and just a hard a nails story culminate in a wonderful final reel . lorraine stanley and georgia groome and johnny harris and and sam pruell and your name and i hope and will get to be know outside of england and because you all excellently realise character that remind me of people i have encounter during my life . i do hope that you will not be consign to the forgotten filing cabinet that contain the one film wonder . excellent and unforgettable picture positive .