When will the violence end?
Josh Robinson reviews “Bullet Boy” “Bullet Boy” traces the path of Ricky Gordon (rapper Ashley Walters of So Solid Crew) from the day of his release from a young offenders’ institution back into daily life in his Hackney council estate. The film follows his attempt to escape the pointless spiral of violence and retaliation, and the gradual but perhaps avoidable involvement in this cycle of his 12-year-old brother, Curtis (Luke Fraser). The film’s violence is shocking because it is so closely connected to the most inane details of everyday life. There is no gang-culture, no drug-dealing, no...