
It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive...... (Full plot summary below)
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It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive...
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| GuardianPeter BradshawWith plenty of chutzpah, the young British film-maker Paul Andrew Williams has written and directed a cracking debut feature with enough clout to kick the door in. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerWilliams emerges as a genuine talent to watch and it will be interesting to see what he does next. |
| CNNRadioPaul ChambersCompelling at times, but material seems exploitive. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsIt's a chase movie and the tension never lets up. Paul Andrew Williams' well observed gritty thriller differs from most British crime films in that the setting isn't the usual dour and brutal crims but a pimp who procures young girls |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunAt the London Critics Circle film awards last year, Lorraine Stanley was nominated for British Actress of the Year, and if you see London to Brighton, you'll easily understand why. |
| BBC.comMatthew LeylandMaybe the ending's a bit excessive, but it's hard to overstate the excitement of seeing fresh British talent break through with such energy. |
| Empire MagazineAlan MorrisonBritish urban crime movie that is several cuts above the rest. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchThe denouement is both surprising and morally complex. |
| Time OutDave CalhounAfter a promising start, the film becomes less about the experience of an archetypal runaway and more about exploiting terror for big-screen thrills. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerGritty, hellish inner city underworld excursion segue into incidental commuter crime thriller, featuring an unlikely surrogate maternal figure accessory to pedophilia street hooker's redemptive conversion to preteen protectress with a heart of gold. |