i can not recall the last time a film have such a visceral impact on me . come out of the cinema after watch london to brighton i felt my sens reel and the adrenalin pumping a if i have just step off a particularly fiendish theme park ride . there a grim nastiness run throughout this story and interwoven with a thin thread of maternal compassion . life be hard and hopeless for these people . they have few choice open to them . their environment be sordid and gloomy . even the seaside resort of brighton be cold and windy and desolate . but what lift the audience out of what might otherwise be a depressing experience be the storyline which build excitement and fear to the point where my friend felt he have to get up and actually leave the auditorium . without reveal the plot and i can say that have he stay and the final scene which in no way stray from the noir would have reward his perseverance . the cast turn in convince performance and georgia groome be excellent a the young runaway .