"Mixing bleak naturalism with touches of surrealism and dark humor, follows the all-too-believable struggles of Mike (Frank Dillane), an addict living, when we meet him, on the streets of London. After Mike gets into a public altercation, a passerby, Simon (Okezie Morro) offers to help him find a shelter, but Mike takes advantage, beating and robbing the man. Being arrested for that crime seems, though, like it may be the best thing to have happened to Mike in a while."
"Dillane, who played Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as a teen and starred in Fear the Walking Dead on TV, tackles his first big-screen lead role with relish. He gives Mike a childlike veneer that blunts the brutality of some of his actions and (perhaps unfairly) makes us root for him despite his multiple fuckups."
A London addict named Mike lives on the streets and assaults and robs a passerby, Simon, leading to his arrest. The British justice and social welfare system places Mike in a hostel, offers job leads, and enrolls him in a restorative justice process aimed at a meeting with his victim. Recovery and stability prove difficult for a wounded, emotionally stunted man prone to self-sabotage. Frank Dillane humanizes Mike with a childlike veneer that complicates audience sympathy. Harris Dickinson makes his feature directing debut and appears in a supporting role as Mike's streetwise antagonist, shaping the material with restraint and empathy.
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