source: 1 Day

I seen this pop up on Prime and thought I would give it a watch as I have seen Dylan Duffus in a few things and enjoyed them and it was enjoyable to watch I think his character was likeable he showed he had a good side but just went down the wrong path and sort of realised this when he was facing possibley dying. I'm kind of not sure where I stand on the rapping in it, in a way I think it's different but at the same time seems abit not right for the film the lyrics were good though and it was a brave move to include these scenes the story all made sense and it's a film I could watch again for sure.

I have watched this a few times over the years and I think the more time that goes on I enjoy it more and that fact that it was made In Birmingham. I like the cheesy singing and I think even though it's a bit ott it worked and gave the film a different style Dylan was great as flash.

I have been viewing a lot of films recently trying to watch everything I can find in Birmingham I love the accent and Peaky Blinders has brought me along here. I have seen Dylan in a lot of things and I'm led to believe this was his first film I think it's clear to see he was going to have a bright career he shows he has all the tools to be a good actor this early on good storyline I liked the music clashes as well it was different.

Criiiiiiiiiiiiinge!!! This is so corny! Hip-hop musical. Could of potentially been a good film if they never kept breaking out in song lol.

There is nothing like a good musical story about rival gangs and just meeting a girl named "Maria." And this isn't it. The film opens with gangs singing hip-hop music. They wear bandanas of different colors to distinguish themselves. For me there were 2 groups, the golds and the blues/purples. I couldn't understand them when they were singing and yes English is my first language. When the spoke, it got slightly better as these Brits had a strong Jamaican/South African type accent for some reason. Flash (Dylan Duffus) is a hard working free lance pharmacist with 3 wives or "baby-mamas" and 5 kids to support. Did I mention the film stereotypes? He was entrusted with a half million pounds by Angel(Yohance Watson), when Angel went to prison. Angel gets an early release and wants all of his money...NOW! Flash, or Terrance as known to the pastor (Derek Webley) and family is short 100,000 pounds and has to come up with the money...which poses more problems and more gangstas after him, as well as more hip-hop music tossed at him. In this film, they actually shoot the gun holding it sideways. Flash talks about expanding his mind and activating his seven "shackles." At times it was hard to tell if the film makes fun of the gangsta culture or is a cry for help. This movie wasn't for me and I was confused about the message. It had a few interesting scenes, but not enough to hold my interest. F-bomb, no sex or nudity.

I will start off by saying that the acting wasn't great, the plot was badly written and to be honest, in parts the film was grim and depressing. Other critics on this site have misunderstood the plot line, they say the film glamorizes the gang culture, well in some aspects it does, all the drug dealers and thugs have expensive cars, they wear expensive jewelry and have nice clean clothes. Money is glamorous and these men seem to have alright lives so i suppose that is attractive to some people. It would be wrong to say that the film glamorizes the gang culture because if you payed attention to the film you would've seen that (SPOILER ALERT!) all the gangsters (except one) died at the end after a gunfight in an underground car park. I wouldn't call the film inspirational but i thought it could've had potential with a bit more work. 8/10

OK, so I decided to watch a movie called 1Day which has caused controversy among cinemas in Birmingham thus not showing the movie in Birmingham but everywhere else. I agree with the cinemas when they said they wouldn't show the movie. The story is based around the gangs in Birmingham and is about a guy called Flash and his best friend/drug dealer tells him that if he doesn't get one hundred bags of 'scrilla' in two hours then he would 'lick him up, you get me blud?'…that's basically the story. One man trying to get his best mate's 'scrilla' otherwise he'd 'lick him up'. I thought this would be a lot like the brilliant Kidulthood and Adulthood but instead it's something negative and nasty in my eyes. Instead of trying to send a strong message about how young teenagers shouldn't join a gang, the movie did the exact opposite from my view. It looked like it was positive to join a gang as the thugs in the movie felt no guilt or remorse about their actions (bar one scene with Flash and his mother but he went right back to not feeling anything…again). The movie apparently sends a strong message about gangs but the only message I could see is that it's okay to be in one. I know they were trying to send a message that gang life isn't all it's cracked up to be but would the audience really see that in this movie? I would like to hear a comment from the filmmakers about what kind of message is being sent and where is it being shown? I mean, Flash was teaching a ten-year-old to rob, to shoot a gun, to sell drugs and make money, etc and Flash looked like he weren't bothered. There were some very small messages that started out good and then went back to being negative (like in the graveyard when they were visiting El Presidente's grave and then a gunfight started) but I doubt most people who will see this movie will actually see the messages as they didn't appear strong enough. Also, as mentioned before in a review, there was one particular scene that stuck out like a sore thumb in my head which was the part when they were in a fast food restaurant and one of the thugs raps about how, because he was black, a woman thinks he'd rob her because she clutches her handbag. Could the reason quite possibly be because you were loudly talking about drugs and murder and the fact that you had a gun on show with your hood up? Nah, it couldn't be, could it. The only thing good about the movie is the soundtrack. The songs in the movie kept the mood and the behaviour portrayed in the movie which is a positive thing. The acting is surprisingly good sometimes but other times it was just rubbish. The characters were instantly dislikeable and remained like that through the entire movie, there was no likable person in the movie whatsoever and none of the characters looked like they wanted out of their thuggish lives. The movie is badly written even though I can believe that this happens in real life. To watch this movie, you would need to understand street slang to fully understand what is being said in the movie. Honestly, my opinion of this movie is very negative. I don't believe it's showing a strong message about gangs and how it's not good to be in one. The messages are there but they're very weak. I can't see anyone liking this movie but two audiences and those are either chavs or the audience that are like the characters displayed in the movie and considering the certificate for this movie is only a 15, I expect the cinemas will have trouble on their hands. Terrible! To read more reviews, please visit: www.dudedazzmoviereviews.wordpress.com

As musicals go, this hip hop effort from Penny Woolcock pulls no punches, but doesn't quite emotionally connect. A cocky young guy owes money to someone higher up the chain, the story follows him through the mean streets as he desperately tries to get the money to pay this guy back. Along the way he connects with a child who wants to get onto the first rung of the ladder, the three mothers of his various children, his own mother and grandmother in a snapshot of the two sides of life at the bottom of the heap. One of the main problems is that unless you are really "in" the hip hop world, a great deal of the dialogue is incomprehensible. The action is easy to follow, but the subtleties are lost on most people over the age of thirty, which down-grades the moments of poignancy considerably. And Flash is such an unlikeable character! At one point he even steals back the jewellery he gave to his girlfriends. Another problem is that the intentions of the big set pieces in the film are so telegraphed that you can predict with pin-point accuracy what is going to happen before it does. The moment that the little side-kick drops the gun on the sofa, you know how the confrontation in the multi-storey is going to pan out. I really wanted to like this. It really is okay to have a main character who is unlikeable, but you need something sympathetic to draw on and there really wasn't anything to hook into. Even as a bold statement the film doesn't quite catch it, because there's too much predictability in the outcome. I came away feeling mostly dissatisfied. Disappointing.

Seeing as we have plenty of drugs gangs in Britain, it was inevitable that someone would make a film set amongst drug gangs in a Black community in an inner-city. This film follows Flash as he tries to pay off a debt to a drug dealer. He must also deal with three children from three different women, and his mother, who is a very bossy sort. There is some rapping in the film, especially in the first half. At one point, it felt like a musical: the gang go into a takeaway, the customers reach for their wallet and look nervous, and the gang start to rap about how they're not out to burgle everyone. There is one rap between two women towards the end, which I felt disrupted the flow of the film as he neared its climax. There is not much violence in the film, although the subject of guns is discussed at length in parts. I'm glad that it tried to be different from the numerous US gangland films. The film is made more distinctive through the slang used, which is typical of the Black community in Birmingham. It's worth seeing, but I've given it just 7/10 because it lacks a clear meaning. There's no special kick that makes it stay in your memory.