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Danny (Gurj Gill) has just been kicked off the London police when his
erstwhile superior, Chief Constable Collins (James Jaysen Bryhan), sends
him on a special assignment to Birmingham to go undercover as a junkie and
ultimately find out who's running the drug business there as the local
police pulls a complete blank on that. So Danny wanders the parks of the
city, and soon finds a homeless local, Cooks (Jason Adam), who feels just
so happy to have someone to talk to that he almost immediately trusts
Danny. And from Cooks he soon gets the lowdown on the local drug scene,
which is totally controlled by one Imran (Nisaro Karim), who for some
reason has never popped up in any police files. Danny tries to persuade
Cooks to introduce him to Imran so they can both join his gang - to have a
better life, Danny lies -, but at first Cooks is hesitant, also because
Imran has a bad reputation, but Danny uses every trick in the book to win
Cooks over. Now after a few hiccups, Imran employs the two, and before
long Danny rises in the ranks and becomes Imran's favourite dealer. But
then Collins wants to pull the plug on the operation, just when Danny has
found out why Imran has so far managed to stay invisible, and also on a
personal matter, Danny now has a bone to pick with Imran ... A
pretty intense undercover thriller that manages to keep its tension up
throughout, even though the film's not always easy to follow due to its
two narrative threads that defy chronology and sometimes seem random -
until a reveal in the finale makes the reason for this crystal clear,
explains everything in reverse, and turns out to be a pretty clever twist
as well. And a tight directorial effort and a very competent cast really
bring this film to life - and leave the viewer at the edge of their seat
beginning to end.
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