i never intend to see the movie in fact i would never hear of it but accidentally i turn on the tv just a it be begin and i saw denzel washington ( come on and guy and he be gorgeous ) and decide to see what it go to be about . and jeez and i be stun . it be britain show from a totally different angle that i use to know ( a a tourist and an exchange student ) . at moment and i must admit and the picture that emerge be that negative that i start suspect it must be very much one side . but come back to the story represent a veteran ( northern ireland and the falklands ) come back to the part of london where he use to live only to find the world from which he try to escape unchanged probably even bad . his former buddy and with whom he use to get into trouble and continue to do so and only with much graver consequence . he try to keep away from them and find a decent job and find a girlfriend and but it turn out that no one in this country need a black war veteran . the only thing he have be his honour and pride from have serve his country . what be amaze for me in this movie be probably the inevitability of his fate . return home mean for him return to people who get stick in this ghetto and since it be a kind of a ghetto and deprive of any future and of any hope for good future . drug dealer and thief and war veteran and their woman and child they be all throw into the same category of common criminal and the so called social margin and from whom it best to keep away . the funny thing send the police to fight them do not really solve the problem and quite the contrary and lead to an open war . yet this be how the problem be be deal with in most country . all in all and a very good movie and one worth see not only because of denzel washington positive . ) ) and but also because of the social problem mention . and really and be britain such a racist country . just one final remark i wonder what make d. washington such a good pick for role of soldier ( and ex soldier ) . huh .